Kanu Was Abducted On Our Wedding Day — Wife Opens Up.

Uchechigeme Anyanwụụtụtụ Okwu-Kanu, the wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has revisited the painful circumstances surrounding her husband’s abduction in 2009.

In a post shared on social media on Thursday, Okwu-Kanu said both she and her husband have endured profound personal suffering in what she described as a long struggle for the “restoration and transformation” of their people.

She revealed that Kanu was abducted in broad daylight on December 19, 2009, the same day their traditional marriage ceremony was scheduled to be held.

According to her account, Kanu was seized at their family square by individuals she alleged were loyal to Ralph Uwazuruike, the leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). She accused Uwazuruike of betraying her husband and said the incident remains a deeply painful memory.

She further claimed that Kanu was physically assaulted and publicly humiliated during the incident.

Okwu-Kanu stated that her husband’s only “crime” was his refusal to support what she described as the commercialisation of the Igbo struggle, including the production of so-called Biafran passports, vehicle number plates and plans to introduce a currency for profit.

She added, “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.”