Breaking: Orji Kalu Visits Nnamdi Kanu In DSS Custody

Senate Chief Whip and penultimate governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Monday, visited the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the Department of State Services, DSS facility Abuja where he is being held.

Senator Orji Kalu disclosed the visit on Monday afternoon following the visit.

In a statement published on his facebook, he disclosed a history between him and the detained IPOB leader, saying that he made his father an eze when he was governor of Abia State.

He said:

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  Afara 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.

The visit follows a high profile visit to President Muhammadu Buhari by a high powered delegation of Igbo leaders led by First Republic minister Amaechi during which a passionate appeal for Nnamdi Kanu’s release was made.

Orji Kalu in his narration said that he urged Nnamdi Kanu to consider the fate of his people who he said are insane about him in pondering his next moves.

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