IN SEARCH OF FREEDOM:
Nigerian Govt Must Release NNAMDI KANU unconditionally now-OMOYELE SOWORE, Civil Activist
*”Nigeria needed a revolution some 40 years ago when a bunch of ‘Kill and Go’ invaded my village to murder, rape, destroy and torture family members and fellow villagers”
“I am tired of repeating this: I have been clear about the form, nature, character, and content of the revolution we seek. It is the same that has happened everywhere and changed their objective conditions. The government is not meant to approve of a revolution”
*”Muhammadu Buhari is an immoral and unconscionable person; he is a fascist, bigot, and incompetent ruler. Tinubu is repugnant”-SOWORE
*BY MODUPE ABAYOMI/DEPUTY EDITOR, Abuja
WITHOUT mincing words, a Nigerian Civil Activist, #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore, has taken the administration of former president Muhammadu Buhari and the incumbent government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the cleaners for various human rights violations and insisted that Nigeria needed a revolution 40 years ago.
In a recent interview he had with The Independent published on Sunday, Sowore was asked if his travails following his activism had changed his view on the need for a revolution in Nigeria.
He said, “No! I knew Nigeria needed a revolution some 40 years ago when a bunch of ‘Kill and Go’ invaded my village to kill, rape, destroy and torture family members and fellow villagers.”
Regarding his view of revolution, the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) said, “I am tired of repeating this: I have been clear about the form, nature, character, and content of the revolution we seek. It is the same that has happened everywhere and changed their objective conditions. The government is not meant to approve of a revolution.”
A Federal High Court in Abuja recently threw out a treasonable felony filed by the Nigerian government against him in 2019 for calling for a revolution. This followed a notice by the government that it would discontinue the case.
Reacting to it, Sowore said, “I don’t see how anyone congratulates anyone when a monumental injustice of this nature is done to one. I fought my way through this, and I think the Federal Government of Nigeria is the one that ought to be thanking its stars for this.”
Speaking on his experiences in detention and courts following his persistent criticism of the bad governance, Sowore said, “My experiences were numerous and varied but is it better detailed in a book or a documovie? It is what people like me go through when they choose the path of conscious radical focus, an uncompromising stance when it comes to fighting for justice.”
Calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sowore said that “it is not benevolence to unjustly detain freedom fighters”.
“They must release Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally. I have always stated this and attended his so-called ‘trial,’” he said.
He described former President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure and essence as “repugnant to decency”.
“Buhari is an immoral and unconscionable person; he is a fascist, bigot, and incompetent ruler,” he said, adding that the administration of President Bola Tinubu is also “repugnant”.
*Additional reports by The Independent published on Sunday
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