Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been in DSS custody since 2021 after he was renditioned from Kenya.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Uchechi Kanu, wife of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been granted access to her husband in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Kanu has been in DSS custody since 2021 after he was renditioned from Kenya.
Speaking on radio in the United Kingdom on Sunday, Mrs Kanu thanked Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (Anambra South) for facilitating the visit.
She said that since she visited her husband in April, her mind had been at rest.
Mrs Kanu had long been denied access to her husband.
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“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,” she said on radio.
“I thank other Igbo politicians, Governors and political office holders who are concerned about the plight of my husband.
“A lot of these elite 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.”
Ubah confirmed to The Nation on Monday that he helped her get access to her husband.
“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,” he said.