David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka
The wife of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mrs. Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, has said her husband, Nnamdi Kanu, will never abandon the Biafra struggle even at the expense of his life.
Kanu in a statement she signed and made available to THISDAY in Awka by the Publicity Secretary of IPOB, Mr Emma Powerful, stated that she knows her husband very well, and that he is a strong willed person and would not go back on the struggle as he had told her.
She said the recent allegations against her husband where he was said to have accepted to trade the Biafra cause for his freedom were incorrect and insulting.
Part of the release read: “Anybody thinking that my husband will renounce Biafra is certifiably insane. MEND does not speak for my husband.
“This type of news as distressing as it is laughable because no group can postulate what my husband can or cannot do or say. This is not only an insult to our belief but also a despoliation of our rights as a people perpetrated by dishonourable minds.”
Speaking further, Mrs. Kanu said: “It is now apparent that the charges against my husband are politically-motivated and not a judicial process as President Buhari would have the world believe.
“This singular act of tyranny and injustice against my husband amongst others is reprehensible to every reasonable mind and is one of the critical reasons for the emergence of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) who have in their quest, consistently called for the release of my husband which President Buhari has underplayed.
“Subsequently, Nnamdi Kanu should be present at any negotiations and I can refer President Buhari to F.W. de Klerk of South Africa on how to negotiate with the freedom fighters.”
