Nwannekaenyi “Nnamdi” Kenny Okwu Kanu (born 1970s) is a political activist based in the United Kingdom. He is a leading member of one of several Biafran separatist organizations, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the director of London-based radio station Radio Biafra.
On October 18, 2015, it was reported that Mr Kanu had been Kidnaped in Lagos State by Nigeria’s secret police the Department of State Services(DSS).Mr Kanu had told his solicitors that he was, on 14th October, 2015, arrested by the agents of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the State Security Service (SSS) in his hotel room i.e. Golden Tulip Essential Hotel Ikeja, Lagos State.The solicitors in a press briefing said, between 14th and 17th October, 2015 their clients whereabouts were unknown until 18th of October, 2015, when the Press Media broke the news of his arrest and detention by the SSS in Abuja.The news of the arrest of Mr Kanu generated mass protests across parts of Delta State, Enugu State, Rivers State,Cross River State, Abia State, Imo State, Akwa Ibom State and Anambra State.
