Kanu's wife reveals why her husband support biafra

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Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, the wife of the
controversial director of Radio Biafra, has
revealed why her husband, Nnamdi Kanu,
supports the idea of the independence of
Biafra states.
Uchechi Okwu-Kanu
Kanu’s wife, who believes her spouse,
detained by the Nigerian state security
service (DSS) since the middle of October
2015, is a prisoner of conscience, has
granted an interview to the IB Times UK.
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and
other pro-Biafran groups call for the
independence of territories that formed the
Biafran Republic in 1967 which was re-
annexed to Nigeria in 1970.
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Kanu, who is the leader of the movement,
was arrested on charges of criminal
conspiracy, intimidation and belonging to an
unlawful society. The Biafra leader has
pleaded not guilty.
Uchechi Okwu-Kanu says: “It is the British
who laid the foundation of Nigeria… And
these people [ethnicities and tribes of
Nigeria] are of different culture, different
religion, different belief, different
understanding of life.
“So we all are different in several ways, in
every way. So, we are not actually meant to
be together. You must have heard about the
Biafran war. My mom was born then, a few
years before the war. We sort of defended
ourselves. We defended ourselves for over a
long period of time,” she added.
Kanu’s wife continued that Biafrans are now
suffering, despite supplying resources to
other parts of Nigeria.
“We don’t have better schools, we don’t have
better roads, we don’t have anything, not
even jobs.
“So that is why what they are doing is to
leave. So, I would say referendum is not a
bad idea, it is not a bad option, but the
people need to understand why we want
Biafra.
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“And that’s what Nnamdi Kanu is doing,
sanitising his people, creating awareness.
And you can see that a lot of people have
woken up from their slumber. Most people
who are sleeping have come to realise that
this is really what it should be. I mean, if he
is released and then he stops, it means he’s
been defeated or he doesn’t know what he
wanted in the first place.
“But if you know the reason why you are
asking for something: you are asking for
bread because you are hungry, and then you
are thrown into jail. Then you released from
the jail, but still didn’t receive your bread, you
are still hungry. So he would continue, he
will, yes ,” Kanu’s wife concluded.