Nigeria, Feb. 18 -- A traditional ruler from Nigeria's South-east has asked President Bola Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu from prison or deport him to Kenya, from where he was renditioned to Nigeria.

Lawrence Agubuzu, the traditional ruler of Ezema Olo Community, spoke on Tuesday at the 2026 National Traditional and Religious Leaders Summit on Health held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja.

Ezema Olo is a community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria's South-east.

Mr Kanu, leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism in November by a federal court in Abuja.

The IPOB leader is currently serving a life imprisonment at a prison faci...