Anthony Iwuoma
Senate Chief Whip, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday, visited the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in detention.
Kalu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, since his controversial re-arrest in far away Kenya to continue his botched trial on charges of alleged terrorism and felony.
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The former Abia State governor had on his Facebook page on Monday disclosed his visit to Kanu, adding that the IPOB leader was in good health.
Kalu explained that his visit was to encourage and counsel Kanu on the consequences of his agitation for an independent Biafra state out of Nigeria, as always and promised to continue doing so.
“This afternoon, I visited my brother, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody, Abuja. I met him in good health and care and we discussed as ‘Umunne’,” the senator had written.
“In 2001 when I was Governor, I made his father Eze Israel Okwu Kanu traditional ruler of Akwara Ukwu and since then the family has been very close to me.
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“I understand that Nnamdi has an insane amount of people rooting for him back home and I encouraged him to consider the consequences of certain actions and utterances for the sake of the same people.
“Even though my ideology and his ideology are totally different, God has made us brothers and we can’t run away from each other.
“I owe him and Nigerians good counselling…Whether he and his family listen to me or not, I will continue counselling him as I have always done in the past. What we need most is a peaceful and secured society.”
