The chief whip of the senate, and former governor of Abia State, Mr. Orji Uzor Kalu, yesterday visited the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), Abuja.
In a post on his facebook page after the visit, Kalu said Kanu was in good health.
He stated that he and the detainee do not share similar ideology, he would continue to counsel him as a brother.
He also stated that he spoke with Kanu and told him the need to consider the consequences of certain actions that he would be taking.
“This afternoon, I visited my brother, Mazi 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.”
