Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has disclosed that former President Goodluck Jonathan has agreed to engage President Bola Tinubu on the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
Sowore revealed this on Friday via his X handle after meeting with Jonathan in Abuja.
According to the former presidential aspirant, their discussion centered on the “urgent and compelling need” to address Kanu’s case “decisively and justly.”
Sowore said, “Earlier today in Abuja, I met with former President @GEJonathan (Goodluck Jonathan) to discuss the continued incarceration of Mazi @NnamdiKanu.
“President Jonathan agreed that there is an urgent and compelling need to address this matter decisively and justly. I thank him sincerely for recognizing the importance of resolving Kanu’s case in the interest of peace, fairness, and national healing.
“Particularly assuring was that he promised to meet @officialabat (President Bola Tinubu) to discuss this issue as soon as possible.”
He mentioned that with this development, Jonathan joins a growing list of Nigerians who have called for justice in Nnamdi Kanu’s case.
“A list that already includes ex-Vice President @atiku, Femi Falana SAN, Senator @ShehuSani, and many others across political and regional divides,” Sowore said.
The activist reaffirmed his plea for Kanu’s release, stating that the IPOB leader “remains in detention today because he took up the just cause of confronting the long-standing issue of marginalization in Nigeria.”
He also asked political, cultural, and religious leaders such as Peter Obi, Chukwuma Soludo, Alex Otti, Francis Nwifuru, Peter Mbah, Hope Uzodinma, Oby Ezekwesili, and Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s John Mbata to join the campaign for Kanu’s release.
Kanu has been in detention since 2021, when he was rearrested abroad and returned to Nigeria to face allegations of terrorism and treasonable felony.
Several court judgments granting bail or directing his release have yet to be enforced.
