Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous
People of Biafra, IPOB, has said she is not aware of the whereabouts of her
husband, adding that she is not sure if he is alive or dead.
She said the last
time she spoke with him, in a telephone conversation was when the army raided
their Abia residence in October. Nnamdi Kanu and wife Uchechi Okwu-Kanu after
his release from detention Uchechi insisted that her husband is in the custody
of the army. “The IPOB people are not sleeping. The army is going to tell them
where their leader is. Keeping Nnamdi Kanu does not mean that IPOB is asleep,”
Uchechi said. “I don’t know where my husband is. If he is dead or alive, I
don’t know. The people that are supposed to answer these questions are the
army. “The last time I spoke him was when the army came to shoot in our house.
He called me and asked if I was hearing the gunshots. I heard the gunshots and
started shouting and asked him what was wrong. “He said they are shooting and
he is inside the house. That was the last time we spoke.” In an interview with
BBC Igbo, Uchechi also said the Igbos deserved more than they are getting from
the country, noting that Nigeria needs to allow an Igbo person to rule.
Chukwuemeka Ojukwu would not have failed. Ojukwu led the Biafran army that
unsuccessfully tried to secede from Nigeria in 1967. “Nigerians will not allow
an Igbo person lead the country but if they had allowed, Ojukwu wouldn’t have
failed,” she said. Making reference to an interview granted by Lai Mohammed, minister
of information, Uchehi said government had arrested her husband twice and
released him when people mounted pressure on them. “Of course, that is what
they will say, that they don’t know where he is. Lai Mohammed said he is not in
their custody. That is what happened in another part of Africa that IPOB people
were showing the world when they held him at first in 2015,” she said. “I also
asked them where he was and they claimed not to know. They released him
afterwards. They have done it the first and second time, now they are lying
about it for the third time. So, when they have done it twice and still claimed
not to be the ones, would you believe?” She said it was untrue that her husband
was trying to divide the country. Asked if Kanu regrets his action given the
situation, Uchechi said her husband “can never say had I known”. “This is what
everybody is seeing that we want. My husband is not alone. He is fighting for
the Biafrans. He wants togetherness. He is not coming out to be enemies with
anybody. Our own ways are different, we do things differently,” she said. “The
way they are treating us is different from the way they are treating other
people. The Hausas act differently to each other than the way they act to
Igbos. We want to leave. It is not a bad thing. So many other cities are
leaving. “If you don’t have a strong mind, you cannot fight a strong battle.
They are with Nnamdi Kanu and they think the battle is over but it is not over.
People have been asking questions. Our people are angry. “I hope he is alive in
their custody. I know who I married, he can never say had I known. There is no
way.”
Kanu’s Wife - I Don't Know Where My Husband Is
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Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has said she is not aware of the whereabouts of h...
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