Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of controversial Biafra radio in Nigeria while speaking to IBT UK spoke about the current status of the director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu who is currently in the custody of the Nigerian state security services (DSS). Uchechi said that the prolonged detention of Nnamdi Kanu is wrong, and he is only a "Prisoner Of Conscience).
Uchechi said that her husband was arrested when he travelled from London to Nigeria in October, and has since been in detention, and the DSS is not allowing him to take his medication for his "life-threatening ulcer".
Nnamdi Kanu is the leader of the indigenous people of Biafra(Ipob), the name that was first used by the leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu to secede Biafra from Nigeria, a war that led to the death of one to three million Nigerians in 1967, before the Nigerian government was able to get back the territory and re-annexed Biafra to Nigeria in 1970.
Kanu is arrested on charges of criminal conspiracy, intimidation and belonging to an unlawful society,and he pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Speaking to IBT UK, eight months old pregnant Uchechi advise the Nigerian government to dialogue and not arrest people that wants their freedom. She said her husband and other Pro-Biafrans have the right to self-determination.