By David Lawani
The former Governor of Abia State and Senator, Orji Uzor Kalu has said his visit to Nnamdi Kanu in prison was in good faith because his family and the secessionist agitator have maintained a close family relationship.

Kalu made the remarks in his verified Facebook handle stressing that he is aware that the Biafra advocate has “insane” followers calling for his release but it will not stop him from relating with him.

He noted that their ideologies might be different saying he made the agitator’s father a traditional ruler when he was Governor of the state which speaks to how much of closeness he shared with the family.

“This afternoon, I visited my brother, Maazi Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody in Abuja. I met him in good health and care and we discussed him as ‘Umunne’. In 2001 when I was Governor, I made his father Eze Israel Okwu Kanu traditional ruler of Afara Ukwu and since then the family has been very close to me.

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“I understand that Nnamdi has an insane amount of people rooting for his return back home and I encouraged him to consider the consequences of certain actions and utterances for the sake of the same people.

“Even though my ideology and his ideology are totally different, God has made us brothers and we can’t run away from each other. I owe him and Nigerians good counseling …Whether he and his family listen to me or not, I will continue counseling him as I have always done in the past. What we need most is a peaceful and secured society”, he said.