My Husband Won't Abandon Biafra Struggle, Nnamdi Kanu's Wife Tells FG
Thu Aug 04, 2016 03:01:pm Gist
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Wife of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Uchechi, has said that it is too late for him to shelve his struggle for a Biafra Republic.
She warned those spreading the news that her husband will soon give up the agitation for a Biafra Republic to forget the idea because he would not do so.
In a statement issued on her behalf by the IPOB Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Emma Powerful, Mrs Kanu said that the media reports that her husband will denounce Biafra is wrong and insulting as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) or any other person or group cannot negotiate on behalf of her husband.
Uchechi said: "Anybody thinking that my husband will renounce Biafra is certifiably insane; MEND does not speak for my husband. The news, as distressing as it is, is laughable because no group can postulate what my husband can do or say. This is not only an insult to our belief but also a despoliation of our rights as a people perpetrated by dishonourable minds."
She accused the Federal Government of deliberately detaining Kanu, adding that the Abuja High Court initially granted him bail but President Muhammadu Buhari said in December 2015 that the IPOB leader would not be released because he could jump bail and flee to the United Kingdom (UK) because he holds both the British and Nigerian passports.
She said: "Based on the impression that my husband could jump bail, it is now apparent that the charges against him are politically motivated and not a judicial process as President Buhari would have the world believe.
"This singular act of tyranny and injustice against my husband amongst others is reprehensible to every reasonable mind and is one of the critical reasons for the emergence of the Niger Delta Avengers who have in their quest, consistently called for the release of my husband which President Buhari has underplayed. Subsequently, my husband should be present at any negotiations and I can refer President Buhari to former President F.W. de Klerk of South Africa on how to negotiate with the freedom fighters," she said.
She warned those spreading the news that her husband will soon give up the agitation for a Biafra Republic to forget the idea because he would not do so.
In a statement issued on her behalf by the IPOB Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Emma Powerful, Mrs Kanu said that the media reports that her husband will denounce Biafra is wrong and insulting as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) or any other person or group cannot negotiate on behalf of her husband.
Uchechi said: "Anybody thinking that my husband will renounce Biafra is certifiably insane; MEND does not speak for my husband. The news, as distressing as it is, is laughable because no group can postulate what my husband can do or say. This is not only an insult to our belief but also a despoliation of our rights as a people perpetrated by dishonourable minds."
She accused the Federal Government of deliberately detaining Kanu, adding that the Abuja High Court initially granted him bail but President Muhammadu Buhari said in December 2015 that the IPOB leader would not be released because he could jump bail and flee to the United Kingdom (UK) because he holds both the British and Nigerian passports.
She said: "Based on the impression that my husband could jump bail, it is now apparent that the charges against him are politically motivated and not a judicial process as President Buhari would have the world believe.
"This singular act of tyranny and injustice against my husband amongst others is reprehensible to every reasonable mind and is one of the critical reasons for the emergence of the Niger Delta Avengers who have in their quest, consistently called for the release of my husband which President Buhari has underplayed. Subsequently, my husband should be present at any negotiations and I can refer President Buhari to former President F.W. de Klerk of South Africa on how to negotiate with the freedom fighters," she said.
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