By Ola Kay
It’s been revealed how the wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, Uchechi, visited her husband in the Department of State Services ,DSS, facility.
Sahara Reporters disclosed that a trio, including, Uchechi Kanu, (Nnamdi Kanus’s wife), Senator Ifeanyi Ubah and and Kanu’s Special Counsel, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor visited the IPOB leader in DSS custody on April 16.
Mrs. Kanu, while on live programme of Radio Biafra on Sunday appreciated Sen. Ubah for making the visit possible, and other Igbo dignitaries for their show of concern to Kanu’s detention.
Uchechi, who was previously denied access to her husband by the DSS, stated that, “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.”
Meanwhile, The Nation newspaper, confirmed the trio’s visit the the IPOB leader. Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, represents Anambra South Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly.
According to The Nation’s report, Sen. Uba disclosed how Nnamdi Kanu’s wife, upon arrival in Nigeria, had contacted her, expressing her frustrations about being able to see her husband.
Ubah was quoted as saying, “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.”
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