Speaking during an interview on Arise News from 5:32, human-rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that the Federal Government initially planned to execute detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, before public pressure and protests disrupted the move.
Nnamdi Kanu, who led the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was sentenced to life imprisonment and is currently held at the Sokoto Maximum Correctional Centre.
Sowore said Nigerian activists were “lucky” to have acted quickly, noting that their public demonstration in Abuja, alongside global attention, helped avert what he described as a looming death sentence.
“Maybe we were only lucky that we fought a bit through the Free Nnamdi Kanu protest to have saved Nnamdi Kanu from the hangman’s noose. They were going to sentence him to death that was the plan and you can check my Twitter and Facebook posts on November 5 because I was given that information in advance. They also, as a result of that, got very upset that we had a protest in Abuja,” he said.
He explained that credible intelligence shared with him indicated that the IPOB leader’s fate could have been more severe if not for the timely mobilisation of activists and sympathisers.
Sowore stressed that continued advocacy remains crucial to ensuring transparency in politically sensitive cases in Nigeria.
He urged civil society groups, international partners, and democratic institutions to remain engaged, warning that silence often emboldens rights violations. View, More,
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