The 53-year-old came to prominence in 2009 when he started Radio Biafra and broadcast to Nigeria from London, using the platform to call for Biafran independence and urging his followers to take up arms against the Nigerian state.
Nnamdi Kanu gyee ne din wɔ 2009 mu berɛ a ɔhyɛɛ Radio Biafra adwuma ase wɔ London a na ɛba Nigeria. Sɛdeɛ wɔn a wɔte Biafra bɛnya wɔn fahodie nti, ɔde saa akwannya yi de too wɔn a wɔdi n’akyi no sɛ wɔtwetwe atuo wɔn Nigeria man no mu.