Nnamdi Kanu’s Wife Speaks On Divorcing Detained IPOB Leader

The wife of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, has dismissed reports claiming that she filed for divorce from her husband.

Uchechi reacted to the report in a post on her X account on Thursday, mocking claims that she had decided to end the marriage over alleged infidelity and neglect.

The online report had alleged that Uchechi filed for divorce while her husband was serving a life sentence.

Reacting, she wrote, “Good conscious evening, my blessed Biafrans.

“I have just learned that I filed for divorce while my husband is in prison.”

She accompanied the post with five laughing emojis, indicating that she regarded the report as false and amusing.

The reaction appeared to be a direct rebuttal of the claim that the marriage had broken down following “years of alleged infidelity and neglect.”

Kanu is currently serving a life sentence at the Sokoto Correctional Centre following his conviction by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja in November 2025.

The IPOB leader was convicted on all seven terrorism-related charges filed against him by the Federal Government.

The court sentenced him to life imprisonment on counts one, two, four, five and six.

He was also sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment on count three and five years on count seven.

Justice Omotosho ordered that the sentences should run concurrently.

In its judgment, the court held that the prosecution proved that Kanu’s broadcasts and directives to members of IPOB incited deadly attacks against security personnel and civilians in the South-East.

The prosecution had asked the court to impose the death penalty, but the judge declined the request.

Omotosho said he was “tempering justice with mercy,” while also referring to growing global opposition to capital punishment.

Kanu has since challenged the judgment.

On February 4, 2026, he filed a notice of appeal before the Court of Appeal, seeking to overturn both his conviction and sentence.

The appeal remains part of his continuing legal battle against the Federal Government over the terrorism-related charges.