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Nnamdi Kanu’s father’s bombshell: SOUTH EAST GOVERNORS HAVE FAILED NDIGBO

6th May 2017
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When Saturday Sun visited the palace of the Egwukwu 11 of Afaraukwu Ibeku, HRM (Eze) Israel Okwu Kanu, father of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu on Tuesday, there was nothing substantial in term of blissful atmosphere compared to the ecstasy elsewhere since the release of the Radio Biafra director. This is not to say that the immediate family members of the number one IPOB member are not happy over the release of their cherished son, no, the fact remains they are rejoicing, but with utmost modicum of calmness, perhaps not oblivious of the long way to the “real freedom” –actualization of Biafra.

In this interview with OKEY SAMPSON, Eze Kanu expressed joy that his son has breathed fresh air at last. While thanking those who made it possible and The Sun Newspapers for the wide publicity it has given the matter so far, he expressed disappointment over the nonchalant attitude of South East governors over his son’s plight.

The royal father also spoke of his desire to see the Federal Government drop all the charges against his son and other issues as they concern Biafra agitation.

You would have heard about the release of your son, Nnamdi Kanu from detention, how do you feel about that?

I didn’t know what to say when I heard that my son had been released, what immediately came to my mind was that God had done it the way He wished. In Igbo, it is said that ‘he who does not carry any mud pot on his head will not break anything.’ My heart was filled with great joy when the news of his release came to me and I gave and still gives God the glory. I thank everybody including The Sun Newspapers, who, in one way or the other contributed to Nnamdi’s release; God will pay everyone back abundantly.

Since Nnamdi’s release, have you been able to see him one on one?

No, we have not been able to see face to face, but he has been calling me on phone steadily. Even when he was in detention, he was calling on phone to tell me how I was too dear to him; and that I should not worry myself as nothing would happen to him and such words from him were like tonic to me.

What exactly did he tell you the first time he called after his release?

He told me mostly what he used to tell me when he was still in detention, after asking about how we were at home, he told me he was out of detention and that he would not like me to be thinking much about him, so that it would not affect my health, that God would surely do what He has in mind about him (Nnamdi). Remember I was flown to Germany last year when my health went down and he said he would not like me to suffer the same thing again. He told me that in no distant time, he would visit home to see me, his mother and siblings. He equally told me that there were certain things people were saying about him that were not true, but that he would not say them now, but that later he will tell me. That made me to remember what (President Muhammadu) Buhari said, that he would not be alive to see Biafra come to be and also free my son. I never understood what he meant by that, but at the same time, I pray that God heals him so that he will be able to discuss about Biafra’s freedom.

Your son having spent over one year in detention before his release, would you advise him to back down on the Biafra struggle? 

I have been to London and to Germany also. In these countries, what I found out was that immediately your child is up to 18 years, he was man enough to stay on his own and decide for himself what he wanted. So, what I’m trying to say is that since Nnamdi, my son is above 18 years, it is left for him to decide what to do and I always support whatever decision he takes. It is natural; it is Igbo custom for a child to listen to the advice of his parents. But to tell you one thing, since Nnamdi was born, he has never for once disobeyed me, but for this issue of Biafra, I am solidly behind him till I die. I am urging him to go ahead with what he is doing, so far he has the support of his people and God will be with him, because he has told me on several occasions that even if he dies in the Biafran cause he will be happy.

Are you optimistic your son will actualize Biafra and why that optimism?

Why I am so optimistic that Biafra will be actualised under my son’s leadership is that what he is doing, many people are supporting him, not only here in Igbo land, but outside this country. For instance, when I went to Germany and saw the crowd that came in support of Nnamdi’s cause, I became afraid. I started wondering why the agitation was so hot in a place like Germany, but when you come to this part of the world, it will appear as if nothing was happening. German reporters and photojournalists queued up to take photographs of his wife and I and were interviewing us and the police had to be invited before we were given breathing space.

Could you tell us if Nnamdi’s wife had visited since his release to enable him see his son for the first time since the baby was born while he was in detention? 

Well, I’m not with Nnamdi yet, but if the information I received is anything to go by, she has not visited, but I know it is not yet late, we are still expecting her to come any moment.

Some people fought for the release of your son from detention, what do you have to say to such people? 

I pray God to bless those who in one way or the other contributed to the release of my son, Nnamdi. Having said that, I must also say that I am not happy the way governors from South East kept quiet over my son’s case since. Could it be they were afraid, afraid of what and who? This type of attitude is condemnable, I am not happy about that. I had hoped that they would have been together and made move for his release, but they stayed aloof. It was rather the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose and the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode who showed interest, God will bless them. I will not in anyway forget the former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, who when other Igbo leaders were afraid to talk about Nnmadi’s problem, visited my son in prison and also came to my palace here in Umuahia to see me, God will also bless him.

You have been calling for your son’s unconditional release, but the court gave him stringent bail conditions. What’s your reaction to this? 

I have not seen this type of thing before, where a court will tell someone in Nigeria to bring a foreigner to take him on bail. The court made things difficult for my son, but we thank God for making way where there was no way. How would a court say Nnamdi will not be found in a gathering of 10 people ,which means he will not come home to see us, because I have more than 10 children? Does it mean that the day he will visit us, I will have to send some of my children away, so that he will not be found in the midst of 10 persons? This is funny enough; nobody has seen this type of bail condition before.

One of the conditions given by the court for Nnamdi’s release was that he should present a serving Senator as surety. Are you surprised it was the Senator from Abia South rather than that of Abia Central where you are from, that stood for him?

Chief T.A Orji, our senator is my friend, when he was campaigning for governorship, I personally supported him. But when the court pronounced that a senator should stand for Nnamdi as a surety, I thought he could have without waiting for anybody indicated interest to take my son on bail, but he did not do that. This has made me to start wondering if he is sick or there was something else that was wrong. This will not cause any friction between us, but I wouldn’t know who, he was afraid of that made him not to come out and stand for Nnamdi.

 There are three other persons being tried alongside Nnamdi that were not granted bail, what’s your take on this?  

Just like my son, Nnamdi, I am in total support that those boys should be released. Somebody came here to tell me that Nnamdi said he would not come out except those other persons were released; I love that, those other people should also be released no mater what name they will attach to the release.

Would you have preferred that the charges against your son were rather withdrawn? 

Why not, did they get any gun or knife from Nnamdi? It was his mouth he used in talking and since we have freedom of speech in the country, I don’t think he has committed any crime that will warrant him being tried in court. It was because they have nothing substantial against him that they are trying to bring masked men as witnesses against him, God forbid. I am appealing to the Federal Government to set Nnamdi free by withdrawing all the charges, because he has not come to kill anybody.

In view of Buhari’s disposition to Nnamdi’s freedom in the past, how will you regard the President now that your son is out?

I wouldn’t say enemy of the family, but that of the Igbo race because I have never seen this type of hatred of a people before. Court will rule to set a person free and the president who is supposed to be the father of all will say no, making a mockery of the judiciary in the process.

You are entertaining fears that your son might be detained again?

I am not entertaining any such fear, because there is God and He will do as He has done before. If they want to detain him again, there will be no problem, we all will live to see where it will end.

Do you have any advice for Nnamdi?

Yes, my advice to my son is that he should take things easy; he should be careful on the things he will say. I am saying this, because there are people who are experts in distorting facts and what someone says, for selfish reasons. One will say something and they will turn it to another thing to curry favour.

Any advice for the Federal Government too?

I am appealing to them fervently that they should leave my son alone since he is not fighting anybody with machete or gun. He should not be made to further suffer for mere speaking out, this is not the reason for which he will be killed and I believe by God’s grace the Federal Government will leave him.

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  1. Ezekiel Okeke says:
    5 years ago

    Kanu is not Biafran leader as BBC insinuated but leader of IPOB group. Ojukwu is Biafran leader- dead or alive. Kanu is one of the majority Igbos behind Republic Of Biafra and will defend it with Diplomacy or War. Republic Of Biafra is something scientific. It is not cheap things for BBC to know and write about, like BBC Hausa broadcast etc. Igbos are intellectuals- their existence security in this 21st century world is non-negotiable- which is Republic Of Biafra which Igbos will defend with Diplomacy or War. God Is With Us!!!

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  2. Ezekiel Okeke says:
    5 years ago

    Igbos way of life etc. are govern by intellectual thinking. Any who do not know that and Respect decision of majority Igbos- which is Republic Of Biafra, will lost out in Igboland of Republic Of Biafra.

    Reply
  3. Neboh says:
    5 years ago

    @Ezekiel Okeke, u talk of intellectual,but u’re not sounding intellectual, Ojukwu Biafran leader yes, but he is no more. shall not try nd get another fearless leader like Ojukwu? since Uwazulike failed? please Ezekiel, we must have a living leader. Or ‘re u trying to say, igbo enwe Eze? I like other of ur comments thank u.

    Reply
  4. Ezekiel Okeke says:
    5 years ago

    Kanu is not Biafran leader but leader of IPOB group. Ojukwu is Biafran leader- dead or alive. Our obligation is to defend Ojukwu’s intellectual vision and legacy- which is Republic Of Biafra. There will be interim Biafran Government in which all pro-Biafra groups that are represented. If the groups choose Kanu, he will be interim president. After which there will be election, if Kanu contest under his political party and win, he will be elected President of Republic Of Biafra. Republic Of Biafra is democratic institution.

    Reply
  5. Asitis says:
    5 years ago

    This okeke, you are very ignorant and jealous of kanu. If late ojukwu is still your leader it means you are leaving in the past and in the land of the dead. We the living biafrans recognised the effort of ojukwu and we now have a living biafra leader in the name of nnamdi kanu to move us forward. When he dies , another person will emerge until we get to the promise land.

    When Moses died , Joshua took over. So get some sense.

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  6. Ezekiel Okeke says:
    5 years ago

    @Asitis, heard you. But if you are not ignorant, you would have know Republic Of Biafra is already here, you wont be expecting it maybe in hundred years. And when Biafra is here, the only thing needed is elected president not a leader that is not elected in a democratic institution of Republic Of Biafra.

    Reply
  7. maduagwu nkemakolam says:
    5 years ago

    The above is just a little glimpse of what to come, if Biafra eventually comes.

    Reply
  8. Dr. Uche Kalu says:
    5 years ago

    ” Ojukwu bu Eze Biafra.
    Edere ya na Aburi.
    Awolowo na Yakubu Gowon,
    ha enweghi ike imeru Biafra.”
    The Great Ikemba,Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu,the Commander in Chief of our Gallant and Heroic Biafran Armed
    Forces,and the Head of State of our Republic of Biafra,was an Avatar. Ojukwu was indeed, a god in his own right,and nobody can ever replace him.
    All our Governors without an exception,have failed us,Ndigbo.
    They are all a bunch of cowardly Nigerian-Igbo quislings.Three of them are known agents of Buhari’s MACBAN.
    The upstart,Mazi Uwazurike,who has recenty become a mere pretender to the Leadership of MASSOB, is currently a compromised lackluster .
    Mazi John Nnia Wodo,the newly elected Chairman of Ohaneze
    Ndigbo is but, a mere Paper Tiger,who is given to yapping like a dog without ever biting. He must be compelled to wake up and start matching his rhetrorics with actions.
    There have been indeed, a void within our Biafran Leadereship,
    which of course, has been filled by this courageous and an undaunting young man, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
    The youths of Biafra must lend their unalloyed support to Mazi
    Nnamdi Kanu,while at the samed time,they confront the
    enemies within our fold.
    Any Igbo man or woman who is a member of Buhari/Tinubu’s APC
    Islamic Party of conmen,Jihadists and liars,is an enemy of Nidigbo.
    Nnamani and his Wawa triators of Ebony and Enugu States and their counterparts, the Rocha Okorochas and his Igbo Khakis of Imo and Anambra States,must be called to order and dealt with severerly.
    Maka na Ndigbo si an ,” Ndi mmiri gbara gburugburu na eche ndu
    ha nche.’
    Igbo Kwenu!”
    Hail Biafra!!

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  9. Ezekiel Okeke says:
    5 years ago

    It is about constituting Biafran Government now in which all pro-Biafra groups that want are represented- that is the only thing Kanu should concentrate now.

    Reply
  10. alain says:
    5 years ago

    What we have in NJC are bias and corrupt judges, so who do you take for a fool. If they can’t prosecute Buhari for not providing his WAEC CERT, then why detaining and prosecuting Kanu’s people. In as much as Kanu is aware that there’s no suitable law in Nigeria and our judges are bias and corrupt, he is not afraid. Yes, I am suppose to have a Nigerian lawyer, but i don’t have any; because they all eat with bias judges and mostly they take the hausa cola back home while we have igbo cola here. The three arms of Nigerian British era are corrupt says Buahri. So, how do you expect us to stay in a corrupt country like Nigeria. The only thing I can say Nigeria has is prison yard, police station, Army barracks and some corrupt offices at the centered villa mobilized gangsters being used to defraud our oil blocks. We are no more yahoo boys, we mean business now. We want all our resources back including Biafra. There’s no please wait until, WHAT? Militants are ready for any stupid governor that goes to centered villa to chew hausa cola. Come back home, we have igbo cola here, my friends. Why being so longer throat for just a cola when oil can send you to the moon? Be wise, the British are advancing leaving you with no choice. It was a clear fraud by the British.
    HRM is completely right, because some of our governors are facebook and yahoo guys. If in deed they are real guy men with first article one format, why can they guyout biafra for her people. Whether they like it or not, no matter how much hausa people put in our governor’s silent pockets, they will surely die one day.
    So be wise. Do you want to use your oil and fly to the moon or you want to sit with the fulani to eat their cola?
    chose one please.

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