Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Monday visited the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in the DSS custody Abuja.
Speaking after the visit, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu said he met Nnamdi Kanu in “good health and care.”
Senator Kalu said he understands 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.
The trial of Nnamdi Kanu in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, was adjourned until January after his lead lawyer walked out in protest against the refusal by security agents to allow access to the courtroom to other members of the legal defence team.
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At his last court appearance on October 21, Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), pleaded not guilty to seven charges that included “terrorism”, treason and perpetuating falsehoods against President Muhammadu Buhari.
IPOB is looking for a swath of the southeast, homeland of the Igbo ethnic group, to split from Nigeria. An attempt to secede in 1967 as the Republic of Biafra triggered a three-year civil war that killed more than one million people.
Kanu was first arrested in 2015, but disappeared while on bail in April 2017. More than a year later, he surfaced in Israel.
His social media posts during his absence outraged the government, which said his comments sparked attacks on security forces in southeastern Nigeria.
Security agents produced him in court in Abuja on June 29 after detaining him in an undisclosed country. His lawyer alleged he was detained and mistreated in Kenya.