Omoyele Sowore, a rights activist and former African Action Congress presidential candidate has claimed that President Bola Tinubu is not any different from his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari.
After being turned down for a meeting with Nnamdi Mazi, the head of the Indigenous People of Biafra, at the Department of State Services headquarters in Abuja, he made the comparison on Thursday.
He claimed that despite Kanu’s legitimate invitation, he was turned down for the chance to speak with the troubled group’s outlawed head.
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The former presidential contender stated in a Facebook post on Thursday that the episode marked the second time he had been refused permission to see Kanu.
He wrote, “#FreeNnamdiKanuNow I spend several hours at the @OfficialDSSNG headquarters in Abuja, I was invited by Onyedu @MaziNnamdiKanu to pay him a visit in custody, however, after hours of rigmarole the DSS told me I can’t see him today.
“This is the second time I am being denied lawfully ordered visitation to Mazi since his illegal abduction from Kenya.
“The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime continues to demonstrate intolerance towards lawful agitation for self-determination. Tinubu is not different from Muhammadu Buhari #Revolutiinnow.”
Kanu has informed the Federal Government that, despite being exonerated by Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court, he will not beg for his release.
This was stated in a letter from Kanu’s lead attorney, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, dated August 25, 2023.
Ozekhome had expressed worry on the appalling state of Kanu’s detention facility when it was in the Department of State Services’ care.
The attorney asked the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory High Court to appoint a Magistrate to tour the detention facility.
