Sowore Leads a Rally In Lagos And Calls For Kanu’s And Others’ Release
Omoyele Sowore, a former African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, has expressed disapproval of the ongoing detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and other individuals.
Sowore made this claim in an interview with reporters on Tuesday at the Ikeja under-bridge protest site in Lagos.
In addition, he called for the release of all demonstrators detained amid the #Endbadgovernance movement.
“We are collaborating on the release. Part of the reason why we are protesting is to ensure everybody that is in detention illegally, who are being charged with false criminal offenses, including treason which carries a death penalty must be released immediately and thus extend to Nnamdi Kalu who we believed is thus persecuted by the Nigerian state because he has expressed the desire of his people to secede from Nigeria.”
“They are free to remain in Nigeria or to go. It is our preference that no one be entirely prevented from entering or remaining in Nigeria.
He lamented the situation of the nation, calling for a revolution to free it from what he called “internal colonialism” and seeing independence as a stumbling block to progress.
“We have urged Nigerians to exercise true independence because the 1960 independence that was bestowed upon them has turned into a hardship for the country’s citizens. In 1960, we were granted flag independence rather than true independence, which led to our internal colonization at the hands of white colonialists.”
“To achieve true independence, we have called Nigerians to start a sequence of acts, and that begins now. It is quite evident that this nation requires a revolution. Nigerians are imprisoned by people and can only be freed by revolution, he claimed.
Adeola Ilori, a different protestor, expressed her distress at the state of the nation, claiming there is no need to celebrate the country’s independence.
“I have nothing to be happy about. I will not be here if I am celebrating. He remarked, “I’m here to stand with my people and show them that we can make a difference.
