Igbo politicians, governors working to secure IPOB leader’s release – Kanu’s wife

Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB

The wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Uchechi Kanu, has revealed that Igbo politicians, governors, and political office holders are working tirelessly to secure the release of her husband.

She made this statement during a live programme on Radio Biafra while addressing some Igbo diasporans.

Mrs Kanu expressed her gratitude to Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represents Anambra South senatorial zone, for facilitating her visit to her husband, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in the Department of State Service, DSS.

“I thank other Igbo politicians, governors and political office holders who are concerned about the plight of my husband. A lot of these elites are concerned about the unlawful detention of my husband, and are working silently to secure a round table discussion for his release. I’m thankful to them”, she said.

Nnamdi Kanu has been in DSS custody since 2021, following his rearrest for allegedly jumping bail in 2017 and fleeing the country.

According to reports, Kanu’s wife was finally able to visit him on April 16 after several refusals.

Mrs Kanu expressed her gratitude, saying, “Let me use this opportunity to thank Senator Ifeanyi Ubah who moved swiftly to facilitate my visit to my husband in DSS custody. I thank you sir.

“I thank other Igbo politicians, governors and political office holders who are concerned about the plight of my husband. A lot of these elites are concerned about the unlawful detention of my husband, and are working silently to secure a round table discussion for his release. I’m thankful to them.”

Senator Ubah confirmed that he assisted Mrs Kanu in seeing her husband after learning of her struggles to visit him in detention.

“Yes, she was in Nigeria and she approached me and told me that she needed to visit her husband, but was finding it difficult, so I immediately intervened. I visited her husband too with her in the company of Barr Ejiofor. She met with her husband in the DSS facility on April 16,” Ubah said.