Uchechi Kanu, wife of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says her husband is battling forces “far darker” in Sokoto Custodial Centre than those confronted by South African anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela.
In a post on X, she insisted that Kanu is not a terrorist, describing him instead as “Africa’s greatest freedom fighter.”
According to her, “Igbo youths and students stand in solidarity with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. He is not a terrorist. He is the greatest African freedom fighter and the leader of millions of Biafrans across the world under the IPOB umbrella.”
Uchechi acknowledged that her husband is not without flaws, saying no human being is perfect, but maintained that “he loves his people, and his people love him, with many willing to defend him with their last breath.”
Comparing his struggle to Mandela’s, she said while Mandela fought opponents who were “amenable to reasoning despite the brutality of apartheid,” Kanu is facing “far darker forces.”
Nnamdi Kanu is currently serving a life sentence at the Sokoto Custodial Centre after being convicted by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on terrorism-related charges linked to his agitation for the creation of a sovereign Biafran state.
