Jonathan Nwokpor
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The wife of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, or IPOB, who is now in detention, Mrs. Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, has pleaded with the UK government to pressure its counterpart in Nigeria to free her husband.
According to Uchechi, their son is suffering as a result of Kanu’s absence from his life.
She pointed out that the UK had always been the human rights movement’s trailblazer and was known for its fairness, justice, and commitment to human rights.
Uchechi pleaded with the UK government to step in quickly to support her husband’s case and hasten his release from the Nigerian government’s custody.
She wrote, “Over the weekend, after football games and other activities, our little one’s homework caught my attention.
“He was asked to extend a bit on a poem about the uniqueness of one’s self.”
Uchechi said her son’s last paragraph read: “no matter how much people think they know about our pain, nobody can feel the way I feel about the absence of my daddy in my life. Nor the exact pain it is causing us.
“The UK is the forebears of Human Rights. The UK has always had a reputation for fairness, justice and for being a champion of human rights.
“They played an important role in producing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the Second World War.
“Sadly, the recent governments have actively undermined this key legacy of their forebears.
“Help me push for the release of my husband, Nnamdi Kanu and other British citizens like him, who are in arbitrary detention and held hostage against their human rights.”
Since his rearrest in Kenya in June 2021, when he was subjected to extraordinary rendition, Kanu has been detained.
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