Nigerian activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the Nigerian government over the transfer of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya to Nigeria in 2021.
He shared his reservation while reacting to the High Court of Kenya’s decision to declare Kanu’s rendition illegal.
Naija News reports that the Kenyan court had declared the rendition unlawful and illegal.
The court also awarded compensatory damages of 10 million Kenyan shillings (₦119.6 million) against the Kenyan government for gross violations of Mazi Kanu’s fundamental human rights.
Speaking on the development on his Facebook page, Sowore asserted that the transfer was an “unjust and criminal act of brigandage” by the past and present administration.
He blamed the alleged infractions on former President Muhammadu Buhari and his successor, President Bola Tinubu.
Sowore wrote, “An unjust and criminal act of brigandage by the Muhammadu Buhari regime but continued by the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime.”
Meanwhile, Sowore has asserted that the government is more afraid of unarmed protesters than violent threats.
Naija News reports that Sowore made this known during an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday, while condemning the government’s ongoing persecution of peaceful protesters.
Asked whether he believed the government feared demonstrators, Sowore said, “I do. I do completely. They are afraid of placards more than they are afraid of guns, because they have the capacity to respond to people who are shooting at the government, but they have no capacity, they have no ability, and they have no strategy to stop the majority.
“People in their light numbers carrying placards are more dangerous than people in their light numbers carrying guns.”
Speaking further, Sowore described the government’s handling of the treason trial against 11 #EndBadGovernance as baseless and politically motivated.
He said, “As it is typical of the Nigerian police, the prosecutors in this case, they came to court asking for an adjournment, claiming that the police officer who started the prosecution has been retired, which is false. He wasn’t retired. He was dismissed from the police force for altering his age. In the first place, the originator of the charges is also going to be facing charges in the next one week or so for altering his age.
“Those ones were minors, likely. Right. And because of the embarrassment involved in that, they quickly discontinued those charges. But for these ones, they want to continue to use them to discourage others who might get involved in peaceful protests in the future.”
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