Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore has berated former President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide Bashir Ahmad for calling those rooting for the release of Nnamdi Kanu enemies of Nigeria.
Nnamdi Kanu who is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra was lured to Nairobi, Kenya from where was bundled into a plane by Nigeria security operatives and flown to Nigeria during the reign of President Buhari in 2021.
There have been several calls for his release to enable him to participate in the process of calming the tension in the Southeast. But Ahmed writing on his X page Sunday described Kanu as a terrorist and labelled anyone advocating for his release as “a sworn enemy of this country.”
Sowore fired back: “This fellow @BashirAhmaad is speaking the mind of his benefactors; when @Mbuhari was in power @MaziNnamdikanu was one of the reasons he would get openly aggressive and upset. Truth is that @BashirAhmaad just didn’t wake up to make this egregious statement he represents a tendency in Nigeria and they assume Nigeria is their private real estate, and only they determine what could happen inside it.
“It is the reason why I have consistently stated that @MaziNnamdiKanu is being held hostage by these feudal characters, he stands no chance of getting “justice” in a court of law, and court cases are just a charade meant to create an impression that he’s in indefinite detention as a result of these bogeys they label as charges.”
Also Nnamdi Kanu’s brother Kanunta Kanu weighed in: “Bashir Ahmad quoted that he would only support Kanu’s release if the separatist leader undergoes rehabilitation and renounces his derogatory views about Nigeria and its citizens.
“@BashirAhmaad Mazi Nnamdi Kanu message has been consistently consistent and every word that came out of his mouth has come to pass.
“What do you want #MNK to renounce, that Nigeria is corrupt, that Igbo’s are marginalised or that he wants the freedom of his people?
“Bashir Ahmad, you need a psychiatric evaluation for failing to end terrorism in the North and for working with the worst government in the history of Nigeria. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself and the damage morons like you have caused the country?”
