SOWORE MEETS JONATHAN IN ABUJA OVER NNAMDI KANU’S DETENTION
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By Aishat Momoh. O.
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has revealed that former President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to engage President Bola Tinubu on the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Sowore made this known on Friday via his X (formerly Twitter) handle after meeting with Jonathan in Abuja.
According to him, their discussion centred on the “urgent and compelling need” to address Kanu’s case decisively and justly.
“Earlier today in Abuja, I met with former President @GEJonathan (Goodluck Jonathan) to discuss the continued incarceration of Mazi @NnamdiKanu. President Jonathan agreed that there is an urgent and compelling need to address this matter decisively and justly,” Sowore stated.
He added that Jonathan promised to meet President Tinubu soon to deliberate on Kanu’s case in the interest of peace, fairness, and national healing.
Sowore commended Jonathan for recognising the importance of resolving the issue, noting that the former president has joined a growing list of influential Nigerians calling for justice in Kanu’s case.
“A list that already includes ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), Senator Shehu Sani, and many others across political and regional divides,” he said.
The activist reiterated his call for Kanu’s release, saying the IPOB leader “remains in detention today because he took up the just cause of confronting the long-standing issue of marginalisation in Nigeria.”
Sowore also urged other political, cultural, and religious leaders including Peter Obi, Chukwuma Soludo, Alex Otti, Francis Nwifuru, Peter Mbah, Hope Uzodinma, Oby Ezekwesili, and Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s John Mbata to join the campaign for Kanu’s freedom.
Nnamdi Kanu has been in detention since 2021 after his re-arrest abroad and return to Nigeria to face charges bordering on terrorism and treasonable felony. Despite several court rulings granting him bail or ordering his release, the orders have yet to be implemented.
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