Nigeria, Aug. 9 -- Simon Ekpa, a controversial Biafra agitator, has hired an American lobbying firm, Moran Global Strategies (MGS), to advance agitation for the independent state of Biafra, PREMIUM TIMES reports.

Mr Ekpa, based in Finland, heads Autopilot, a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

IPOB is a separatist group agitating for the creation of an independent state of Biafra from south-east and some parts of south-south Nigeria.

The two regions are usually called "Biafra" or sometimes "Biafra land" by IPOB and other separatist groups in the area.

Mr Ekpa, a Nigerian-Finnish citizen, often addresses himself as the Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile (BRGIE).

The lobbying firm, Moran Global Str...