Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday said he visited the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, who is being held in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
Dr Kalu said in a statement he personally signed after meeting the IPOB leader in Abuja, said he is in good health and under proper care.
He said in the statement that his visit was that of a brother who discussed with Kanu on the need to consider the consequences of certain actions that he would be taking.
According to the statement: “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, the traditional ruler of Akwara 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.
“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 counselling whether he and his family listen to me or not.
“I will continue to counsel him as I have always done in the past. What we need most is a peaceful and secured society.”
