Former presidential candidate and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Nigerian government does not want Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to be released alive.
Kanu has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since 2021, after being rearrested over allegations of terrorism and treason linked to his involvement in the separatist movement.
On Monday, Sowore led a large protest in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), calling for Kanu’s release.
Several demonstrators, including Kanu’s lawyer and his brother, were arrested and detained in Kuje Prison.
In a post shared on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Sowore claimed that Kanu remains in detention because “they know the lies sustaining their power will collapse once Mazi Nnamdi Kanu walks out as a free man.”
According to Sowore, the authorities do not “want Mazi Nnamdi Kanu freed alive, and they are united in that mission.
“Ever since they realised that their web of deceit was beginning to unravel, they have gone into overdrive.”
The activist further stated that the authorities “know that the people’s eyes have opened, and the fake political careers built on deceit, destruction, and the decimation of the oppressed will not survive the truth.
“They fear his freedom because it will expose their fraud, greed, backstabbing, and betrayal of justice.”
