Nigeria, Jan. 15 -- Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has appealed to the Nigerian government to "unconditionally and immediately" release Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Mr Soludo made the appeal on Saturday during the campaign flag-off of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Awka, the state capital.

The governor said if the IPOB leader cannot be released unconditionally by the government, he (Kanu) should be released to him (Soludo).

"I am making a passionate appeal to the Federal Government to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally. If he cannot be released unconditionally, I want him released to me and I will stand surety for him," he said.

"We need Nnamdi Kanu in the roundtab...