A former governor of Abia State
and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Orji Uzor Kalu, has denied
saying leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, had
escaped to London.
Kalu was quoted in an interview
as saying that the IPOB leader escaped to the United Kingdom through
Malaysia.
But in an interview with AIT, the
former governor said, “I didn’t categorically say that he was in London. You
can read what I said in the Punch.
“When I returned from the United
States on September 14 and went straight to Abia on the 15th because the crisis
was escalating, I consulted some of them (IPOB), the security agencies
including the army, police, Department of State Services (DSS) and others to
douse the tension. I looked for
Kanu to talk to him.
“So, somebody told me he went to
a hotel and I sent people to the hotel and I called one of his relations, who
came to my house and I asked him where Kanu was as I really wanted to talk to
him.
“He said that I should not bother
myself and I told Punch whether this fellow was telling me lies or truth is
what I don’t know. I didn’t say I discussed with Kanu and he told me he had
left for London.
“His relation told me I should
not bother about his safety because I told him that what matters to me is the
safety of the man.
“I wanted to bring the man to my
house in Igbere and make arrangements with federal authorities and persuade
them for us to find a common ground.
“I never wanted the security
agents to bundle him and rough handle him.
“I only wanted to bring him to my
house and wade into the security agencies and talk to the federal authorities,
which was what I did when he was in prison. I am surprised at the attitude of
Kanu because he knew all the things we discussed.”
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