Nnamdi Kanu's wife visits embattled IPOB leader in DSS custody, the first since 2021

Uchechi Kanu, the wife of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu expressed her gratitude to Senator Ifeanyi Ubah for facilitating a visit to her embattled husband who is currently in the custody of the Directorate of State Services (DSS).

This will be her first visit to Kanu since he was re-arrested and extradited to Nigeria from Kenya in 2021.

She applauded Senator Ifeanyi Ubah whose prompt intervention helped her get the visit, describing him as a true Igbo leader.

Senator Ubah’s assistance came after Mrs. Kanu had faced repeated denials of access to her husband by the authorities.

Expressing her appreciation during a radio address in the United Kingdom, Kanu thanked Senator Ubah and other Igbo politicians and leaders who have shown concern for her husband’s unlawful detention.

She said: “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.”

Speaking with The Nation on Monday, Ubah, confirmed the visit and the buttons he pressed when he learnt that she was finding it difficult 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 Ejiofor, their Lawyer, She met with her husband in the DSS facility on April 16,” Ubah said.