“Help me push for release of my husband,” Nnamdi Kanu’s wife begs UK
Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has made a heartfelt plea to the United Kingdom government to intervene in securing her husband’s release.
She said Kanu’s prolonged absence is taking a toll on their son’s life, causing him immense pain. Uchechi also highlighted the UK’s long-standing commitment to upholding human rights, fairness, and justice, hoping that this legacy would inspire them to take action.
She wrote, “Over the weekend, after football games and other activities, our little one’s homework caught my attention.
“He was asked to extend a bit on a poem about the uniqueness of one’s self.”
Uchechi said her son’s last paragraph read: “no matter how much people think they know about our pain, nobody can feel the way I feel about the absence of my daddy in my life. Nor the exact pain it is causing us.
“The UK is the forebears of Human Rights. The UK has always had a reputation for fairness, justice and for being a champion of human rights.
“They played an important role in producing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the Second World War.
“Sadly, the recent governments have actively undermined this key legacy of their forebears.
“Help me push for the release of my husband, Nnamdi Kanu and other British citizens like him, who are in arbitrary detention and held hostage against their human rights.”
The proscribed leader of the IPOB has been detained since June 2021 when he was rearrested in Kenya.
The group has carried out deadly attacks on Nigerian security agencies and perceived enemies while pushing for a complete breakaway from Nigeria.
