Sen Orji Uzor Kalu (left) with Nnamdi Kanu at the DSS custody, Monday
‘I met him in good health and care,’ as Kalu visits Kanu in DSS custody
Senator representing Abia North in the senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, Monday, visited leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja.
Kalu, who is also a former Governor of Abia State held a chat with Kanu during his visit to the IPOB leader who is currently in the custody of the Department of State (DSS) where he was remanded by an Abuja Federal High Court of Justice Binta Nyako.
Both Kanu and Chief Whip of the Senate, Kalu hail from Abia State.
Kanu is facing a seven-count charge brought against him by the Nigerian government through the DSS, including treason, terrorism, and others.
After the visit, Senator Kalu told newsmen that Kanu was in good health and care, adding that he advised the activist on the way forward in his agitations for an Independent South East region of Biafra.
According to Kalu, ‘whether he (Kanu) and his family listens to me or not, I will continue counseling him as I have always done in the past. What we need most is a peaceful and secured society.’
”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’. 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.“
”I understand that Nnamdi has an insane amount of people rooting for his 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 counseling …Whether he and his family listens to me or not, I will continue counseling him as I have always done in the past. What we need most is a peaceful and secured society.”
