Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, the Chief Whip of the Nigerian Senate on Monday, visited the detained leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB Nnamdi Kanu who’s in custody of Department of State Services, DSS, in Abuja.
Senator Kalu who represents Abia North Senatorial District in the Red chamber said he met Kanu in good health and they he had a brotherly discussion with the IPOB Leader.
In his verified Facebook page, the former Abia Governor said he also advised Kanu to consider the consequences of his actions and utterances stressing that his long standing relationship with the Kanu’s family after he installed their late father as the traditional ruler of their community, thus, will continue to advise him.
“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.”
Senator Kalu maintained that though he has a different ideology from what the Pro Biafra leader stands for, he will continue to counsel Kanu irrespective of their reaction to his counsel.
“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.”
