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| Senator Ifeanyi Uba with Uchechi Kanu |
Jane Otu, South-East
DAILY COURIER - The wife of detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mrs. Uchechi Kanu, has visited her husband, Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
She hailed the senator representing Anambra South one, Ifeanyi Ubah, for facilitating the visit.
Mrs. Kanu said since she visited her husband in detention last month, her mind had been at rest.
She thanked Senator Ubah for demonstrating the virtue of a true Igbo leader.
Kanu has been in the DSS custody since 2021, after he was renditioned from Kenya.
Before her visit was facilitated by the All Progressives Congress APC chieftain, it was gathered that Mrs. Kanu had been denied access to her husband on several occasions.
It was for this reason she approached Senator Ubah, who eventually facilitated the visit to her husband.
Addressing IPOB members on Sunday on their Radio in the United Kingdom (UK), Mrs. Kanu said she was aware that a lot of Igbo elites were genuinely concerned about the incarceration of her husband and were working silently to help him regain his freedom.
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 yesterday, Ubah confirmed the visit and the buttons he pressed when he learnt that Mrs. Kanu was finding it difficult to visit her hsuband 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 (Ifeanyi) Ejiofor, their lawyer. She met with her husband in the DSS facility on April 16,” Ubah said.
