Human right activist, Omyele Sowore, has accused some unnamed Federal government officials of plotting against Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Sowore, in a statement posted on his verified X account on Wednesday, noted that the plan of the federal government is to either sentence him to death or condemn him to life imprisonment.
Part of the message read: “For the avoidance of doubt and to alert the public, it has become clear that a secret decision has long been reached within the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration regarding the fate of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“The plan, devised through a high-level political conspiracy, is to either sentence him to death or condemn him to life imprisonment. This outcome, predetermined far in advance, is now being dressed up in the guise of judicial procedure.”
Sowore alleged that Justice James Omotosho is expected to conclude Kanu’s trial by declaring that his refusal to open his defence amounts to an admission of guilt, a convenient interpretation designed to seal a verdict already agreed upon behind closed doors.
He said the ruling is anticipated this November, a month that bears a haunting historical precedent, one of Nigeria’s most haunting tragedies. “It was in November 1995 that the military tribunal of General Sani Abacha sentenced Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists to death, a sentence carried out with ruthless precision.
“Today, three decades later, Nigeria appears to be standing at the same moral crossroads. Only the year has changed; this is 2025, not 1995, but the machinery of repression grinds on. The trial of Nnamdi Kanu has ceased to be about justice; it is now a test of conscience for the Nigerian state and its citizens alike.”