Sowore who recounted his encounter at the DSS facility in Abuja demanded the immediate release of Kanu, while lambasting the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government for toeing the lawless path his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, took on Kanu’s continued detention against court orders.
Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, was on Thursday denied access by the Department of State Services to see the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, who had requested for the visit.
Sowore who recounted his encounter at the DSS facility in Abuja demanded the immediate release of Kanu, while lambasting the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government for toeing the lawless path his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, took on Kanu’s continued detention against court orders.
The human rights activist and #RevolutionNow convener said that he was invited by Kanu to visit him but after hours of rigmarole, the DSS denied him access to Kanu, pointing out that it was his second time of being denied lawfully ordered visitation to Kanu.
“#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 @officialABAT regime continues to demonstrate intolerance towards lawful agitation for self determination. Tinubu is not different from @MBuhari,” Sowore wrote on his X, formerly known as Twitter,” Sowore said.
#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… pic.twitter.com/vnAwjU0keE
— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) August 31, 2023
SaharaReporters had days ago reported that Kanu said he would no longer beg the Nigerian government for his release after being cleared by Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court in Abuja.
In a letter dated August 25, 2023, and signed by Kanu’s lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, made available to newsmen on Monday, the legal practitioner had bemoaned the deplorable condition of Kanu’s detention facility in the custody of the Department of State Services.
The lawyer had asked the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory's High Court to appoint a Magistrate to inspect the detention institution.
According to Kanu, begging for his freedom now would be an insult to the memory of the late Pa Mbazulike Amechi, who, despite his age and ill health, repeatedly travelled from the South-East to Abuja, pleading with the Federal Government to honour his dying wish, which was treated with disdain and was also not honoured.