The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has engaged the services of an American lobbying firm, BW Global Group BWGG LLC, several news outlets reported on Tuesday.

Reports, quoting IPOB’s National Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, said the group’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, hired the US lobbyist with $750,000 (over N300m) to help win the support of the US government on the actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra.

“Yes, it’s true we hired another lobbying group in USA to facilitate the coming and recognition of Biafra independence, we engaged them with the wholesome amount of 300m naira about 750 dollars to lobby for Biafra freedom in America and the whole world,” Daily Times quoted Powerful as saying.

The one-year deal is slated to run for 12 months at the cost of $750,000, which is over N300 million.

Kanu was said to have signed the contract with the BW Global Group BWGG LLC, co-owned by Jeffrey Birrel and Alan White,  in February.

BW Global Group BWGG LLC is registered in Washington D.C, the U.S. capital.

The agreement, which took effect from March 1, 2021, came months after an earlier one struck by Kanu with another U.S.-based lobbying entity, Mercury Public Affairs LLC, expired.

Under the old contract, IPOB, through Mr Kanu, paid $85,000 per month beginning September 23, 2019, in addition to a $5,000 one-time compliance fee.