Uchechigeme Anyanwụụtụtụ Okwu-Kanu, wife of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has recounted the events surrounding her husband’s abduction in 2009.
In a social media post on Thursday, Okwu-Kanu said both she and Kanu had faced immense personal hardships in what she described as a struggle for the “restoration and transformation” of their people.
She revealed that Kanu was abducted in broad daylight on 19 December 2009, the very day their traditional marriage was scheduled.
Okwu-Kanu alleged that men loyal to Ralph Uwazuruike, leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, seized Kanu in front of their family square. She accused Uwazuruike of betraying her husband and said the incident remains a painful memory.
According to her, Kanu was assaulted and publicly humiliated during the abduction.
She added that his only “offence” was opposing what she described as the exploitation of the Igbo cause, including the production of so-called Biafran passports, vehicle number plates, and proposals to issue currency for profit.
She said: “I will stop here for today. But understand this: there are battles in which the only weapon you possess is time. And in a little while, Nnamdi Kanu will be free.”
