Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu has raised hope that Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, will be released.
Kalu said he was fighting to ensure that it happened.
He spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting with the South East Legislators Forum.
The lawmakers from the State Houses of Assembly from the South-East, led by the Majority Leader of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Kingsley Ikoro met to discuss issues affecting the region.
Kalu told the lawmakers that high-level underground dialogues with relevant authorities were ongoing to secure Kanu’s release.