Orji Kalu visits Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody, reveals discussion

<p><strong>The Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Senator Orji Uzor Kalu<&sol;a>&comma; on Monday visited the embattled leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra &lpar;IPOB&rpar;&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Nnamdi Kanu<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kanu is in the custody of the Department of State Services &lpar;DSS&rpar;&comma; facing terrorism-related charges before Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kalu said he encouraged Kanu to consider the consequences of certain actions and utterances &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;for the sake of Igbo people”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He pointed out that his ideology and Kanu’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;are totally different”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This afternoon&comma; I visited my brother&comma; Maazi Nnamdi Kanu in DSS custody&comma; Abuja&period; I met him in good health and care and we discussed as &OpenCurlyQuote;Umunne’&period; In 2001 when I was Governor&comma; I made his father Eze Israel Okwu Kanu traditional ruler of Akwara Ukwu and since then the family has been very close to me &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-set-to-resign&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">Twitter CEO&comma; Jack Dorsey Set To Resign&comma; See Why<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I understand 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&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Even though&comma; my ideology and his ideology are totally different&comma; God has made us brothers and we can’t run away from each other&period; I owe him and Nigerians good counseling…Whether he and his family listens to me or not&comma; I will continue counseling him as I have always done in the past&period; What we need most is a peaceful and secured society&comma;” Kalu said via his verified Facebook page<&sol;p>&NewLine;