Presidency Slams Sowore Over Planned ‘Free Nnamdi Kanu’ Protest To Aso Rock

The Presidency has condemned plans by activistic Omoyele Sowore to signifier a protestation march to the Presidential Villa successful Abuja implicit the continued detention of the person of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

Presidential Special Adviser connected Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated this successful a station connected his authoritative X handle, describing Sowore arsenic “an anarchist masquerading arsenic a rights activist.”

Sowore had earlier announced that the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protestation would clasp connected October 20 astatine 7 a.m., calling it a “historic” march to request the IPOB leader’s merchandise from detention.

But, reacting, the Tinubu’s media adjutant warned that the projected enactment was aimed astatine undermining instrumentality and order, stressing that Kanu is presently facing proceedings connected charges of treason, which indispensable beryllium allowed to tally its people successful court.

“You are thing much than an anarchist masquerading arsenic a rights activist. You precise good cognize that Nnamdi Kanu is facing a proceedings for treason, and you privation to origin a breakdown of instrumentality and bid by mobilising for a protest?” Onanuga said.

“Is this the benignant of gyration you envisage for Nigeria, wherever the regularisation of instrumentality volition beryllium violated and your thought of justness would beryllium the instrumentality of the jungle?”

The statesmanlike adjutant besides took a swipe astatine erstwhile Vice President Atiku Abubakar, accusing him of opportunism for supporting the planned protest.

“I americium amazed that ex-VP Atiku Abubakar, who is ever opportunistic, has supported the planned mob action. As a statesman, helium should cognize amended that matters of justness are not resolved connected the streets but successful the instrumentality court,” helium wrote.

Onanuga maintained that portion the judicial process whitethorn seemed slow, the authorities remained committed to owed process successful handling Kanu’s case.

“While the instrumentality of justness tin sometimes beryllium grindingly slow, partially caused by Kanu’s lawyers, Nnamdi Kanu volition yet get the justness helium deserves for his alleged transgressions,” Onanuga added.