‘My Husband Facing Darker Forces Than Nelson Mandela’, Says Nnamdi Kanu’s Wife

Uchechi Kanu, the wife of jailed leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has said her husband was fighting forces darker than those faced by the late former South African president, Nelson Mandela.

Mrs Kanu maintained that her husband is not a terrorist, but ‘Africa’s greatest freedom fighter’.

Posting on X, she wrote, “And you know what, Nelson Mandela fought in the arena (apartheid) with those amenable to reasoning, despite its brutality. Mazi #NnamdiKanu, however, fights in the arena against forces far darker.”

She added, “The Igbo youths and students are in solidarity with Mazi #NnamdiKanu. #NnamdiKanu is not a terrorist. He is the greatest African Freedom fighter that exists, and the leader of millions of Biafrans scattered all over the world who are under his umbrella #IPOB.”

Uchechi acknowledged that, like any human, Kanu is not perfect, but said, “He loves his people and his people love him, and many are willing to protect him with their last breath.”

Kanu is currently serving a life sentence at Sokoto Custodial Centre after being convicted by Justice James Omotosho of an Abuja Federal High Court for terrorism-related charges linked to his agitation for the actualisation of a sovereign Biafra.