Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi
Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says if Nigerians had
allowed an Igbo person to rule, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu would not have failed.
Ojukwu led the Biafran army that
unsuccessfully tried to secede from Nigeria in 1967.
In an interview with BBC Igbo,
Uchechi said the Igbo deserve more than they are getting from the country.
“Nigerians will not allow an Igbo
person lead the country but if they had allowed, Ojukwu wouldn’t have failed,”
she said.
Uchechi also said she is not
aware of the whereabouts of her husband, adding that she is not sure if he is
alive or dead.
She said the last time she spoke
with him, via a telephone conversation, was when the army raided their Abia
residence in October.
Uchechi insisted that her husband
is in the custody of the army.
“The IPOB people are not
sleeping. The army is going to tell them where their leader is. Keeping Nnamdi
Kanu does not mean that IPOB is asleep,” Uchechi said.
“I don’t know where my husband
is. If he is dead or alive, I don’t know. People that are supposed to answer
these questions are the army.
“The last time I saw him was when
the army came to shoot in our house. He called me and asked if I was hearing
the gunshots. I heard the gunshots and started shouting and asked him what was
wrong.
“He said they are shooting and he
is inside the house. That was the last time we spoke.”
Making reference to an interview granted by Lai Mohammed, minister of information, Uchehi said government had arrested her husband twice and released him when people mounted pressure on them.
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“Of course, that is what they
will say, that they don’t know where he is. Lai Mohammed said he is not in
their custody. That is what happened in another part of Africa that IPOB people
were showing the world when they held him at first in 2015,” she said.
“I also asked them where he was
and they claimed not to know. They released him afterwards. They have done it
the first and second time, now they are lying about it for the third time. So,
when they have done it twice and still claimed not to be the ones, would you
believe?”
She said it was untrue that her
husband was trying to divide the country.
Asked if Kanu regrets his action
given the situation, Uchechi said her husband “can never say had I known”.
“This is what everybody is seeing
that we want. My husband is not alone. He is fighting for the Biafrans. He
wants togetherness. He is not coming out to be enemies with anybody. Our own
ways are different, we do things differently,” she said.
“The way they are treating us is
different from the way they are treating other people. The Hausas act
differently to each other than the way they act to Igbos. We want to leave. It
is not a bad thing. So many other cities are leaving.
“If you don’t have a strong mind,
you cannot fight a strong battle. They are with Nnamdi Kanu and they think the
battle is over but it is not over. People have been asking questions. Our
people are angry.
“I hope he is alive in their
custody. I know who I married, he can never say had I known. There is no way.”
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