₦airaland Forum

Sirleo05:
What will you call what is going on in the north? Are people and security agencies being killed everyday in the south east like what you see in the north currently? What IPOB and ESN did is it more than what boko harm, iswap and bandits are doing now ?

Christistruth03:
It is Biafrans that will support it

You don’t expect those you called Zoo Animals to be protesting on your behalf do you

commoditiesnig:
Very good from NANS.. what concerns a student body with such protest

Abdul05:
I know some people will say ,it is because the NANS president isn't igbo that is why he didn't support KANU..

How about, it is because he used his common sense..

NANS is not a tribal association...The man simply doesn't want to turn the student union into a political campaign office.

GodPunishOsu:
But there's everything wrong in student distancing themselves from the madness of protestants? fundamental right only exist wherever you want it to be existed right?they don't have right to say no to sowore and his gang of bandits?

Newsmills:
You are running away,leave the issue of iam away,I will not be around,i have an important engagement.Tacitful,deceitful and tactical cowardice.

The National Association of Nigerian Students, on Thursday, distanced itself from a planned protest reportedly being organised by activist Omoyele Sowore and his associates, warning Nigerian students nationwide not to be deceived or used by “selfish and politically motivated individuals.”

Its President, Olushola Oladoja, who addressed journalists at the Federal Cooperative College in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, described the reports linking the association to the proposed #FreeNnamdiKanu protest scheduled for October 20th as false, misleading, and mischievous.

Oladoja, who spoke alongside zonal and campus leaders of the student body, said the national leadership convened the press briefing to “set the record straight” and protect the integrity of NANS from being dragged into political controversies.

“We wish to state categorically and unequivocally that NANS is not, and will not be, part of any protest organised or influenced by Sowore or any other politically motivated group or individual. The entire claim is false, mischievous, and designed to drag the name of our noble Association into political controversies that do not align with our mandate as a student body.”

He explained that while the association remains committed to defending the rights and welfare of Nigerian students, it would not allow its platform to be hijacked by politicians or activists pursuing personal agendas.

“NANS believes in rule of law, due process, and peaceful engagement, and will not participate in any agitation relating to the ongoing legal proceedings involving the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.

“The matter concerning Kanu is a legal issue before a competent court of law. It would therefore be inappropriate, unlawful, and irresponsible for NANS to mobilise any protest on a matter before the judiciary”, Oladoja said.

He accused Sowore and his allies of using NANS’ name to gain credibility for their “politically driven agenda,” emphasising that the students’ body would remain focused on education, youth development, peace, and national unity, not partisan politics.

The NANS president, therefore, appealed to parents and guardians across Nigeria to warn their children and wards against joining any protest “sponsored by greedy and self-serving politicians.

These individuals exploit the energy and vulnerability of young people for personal gain while abandoning them when crises erupt,” he said, urging security agencies and the media to disregard any claim that NANS is planning to mobilise for the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest.

He reiterated that there is no faction within NANS, stressing that the body remains “one united and legitimate national students’ movement” with a clearly defined structure and leadership.

Oladoja also addressed the ongoing face-off between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government, following the lecturers’ two-week warning strike.

“We have done our research and seen the problem. We therefore urge ASUU and the Federal Government to reconvene within 72 hours and resolve this dispute. Nigerian students cannot continue to suffer for issues they did not create.

“NANS remains a united, law-abiding, and patriotic association committed to the peace, progress, and prosperity of Nigeria. We will continue to champion the interests of students through constructive engagement, not chaos or politically induced protests,” he stated.

Historically, NANS has been a powerful force in the nation’s socio-political discourse, known for organising massive protests that have successfully pressured the government on key issues.

Given Nigeria’s vast youth population, its endorsement or opposition carries significant weight.

It is against this backdrop of its influential history that NANS’s decision to publicly distance itself from the planned #FreeNnamdiKanu protest.

The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra is a sensitive legal and political matter. By explicitly rejecting any association with the protest, NANS aims to protect its institutional integrity and avoid being drawn into a contentious controversy that falls outside its core mandate.

Okoroawusa:
Seun and Mynd44, some people want to use Nairaland as a medium to make their popularity contest a newsworthy event by employing bots(real and unreal) to create threads and push them to the front page...are you guys aware? I just want to ask

gidgiddy:
Five thousand Boko haram have been released this year, no problem

More Boko haram were released, Gren white Aso ebi sown for them, they were entertained under canopy and sent home. No problem

Bandits were given peace deal and sent home with their guns, no problem

But children of hate want Nnamdi Kanu locked up forever just because he is an Igbo man. OK ooo


https://m.lindaikejisblog.com/index.php/2025/1/5000-repentant-boko-haram-fighters-reunited-with-families-fg.html

NewHe:
It's a war against Igbos? Can you hear the counsel!

LET IT BE NOTED THAT since his June 2021 apprehension in Kenya and repatriation to Nigeria, No Court In Nigeria has ordered the Acquittal or Release of Nnamdi Kanu.

Antoeni:
One country, different laws for different people from different tribes and tongues. Different strokes for different folks.

One Nigeria in words, not in practice.

Ballmer:
Nnadi Kanu does not deserve justice for the murders he n his ipob gang orchestrated
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Nnamdi Kanu deserve only DEATH.

Rebelutionary:
It's good you've moved on from wanting Nigerians to give Tinubu a "push back" for picking an INEC chairman to now picking a class-rep, SUG President wanna be as your candidate for the 2027 elections!

We wish you well

beerfraud:
Below are the violence inciting statements Nnamdi Kanu allegedly made;[b]

1. "...When we speak, the Zoo trembles, that is what happens when a cattle rearing terrorist and paedophile is your ruler."

2. "If you find anybody in your village asking after Radio Biafra kill the baboon Awusa Fulani or Yoruba bastard. Let them keep searching as we keep tweeting for #Biafra."

3. "Buhari is a shameless Paedophile and rapist."

4. "Buhari is a Terrorist he should be killed."

5. "Nigeria is a zoo and everybody living in that
Godforsaken zoo deserves to die."

6. "Kumuyi should be stoned and dealt with thoroughly if he comes to Aba for his planned crusade."

7. "The imbecilic Goodluck Jonathan is a disgrace to humanity and deserves to be skinned alive for handing over to an Hausa goat."

8. "By the time we finish dealing with the animals in the zoo, there'll be none left to tell the story."

9. "We are assembling weapons and we need some more money to thoroughly equip our military to enable us unleash mayhem on Nigeria."

10. "Niger Deltans are cowards; we know what to do to them. Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers, Edo and Cross Rivers State are our territory and anybody who tries to oppose us will be crushed."

11. "Buhari married his wife after raping her several times, the records are there."

12. "No Ibo man should attend any Church where the pastor is a Yoruba man, they are criminals and fools."

13. "Nigeria should prepare for war, we are coming to annihilate you, my secret service are already studying the zoo and strategising."

14. "Its either Biafra or death..."
15. Kill Sanwo olu and Tinubu 2020 during End SARS

16. Igos are pigs and idiots

17 Igos women are prostitute

18. Sit at home declaration

Nomercie:
Oti ya werey if you think any sensible Yoruba should demand for Kanu release, you were alive when he's preaching hatred against Yoruba.the Oloriburuku even said the good Yoruba is dead one.Ogbeni don't let me reason your matter o

buckeyemedia:
Got which deal from which government? Keep deceiving yourself.

sreamsense:
Change the threading to why ALL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS at home, villages and abroad (if any) must join protest to free terrorist KANU because no sensible human beings will hide under lawless Sowore to protest terrorist KANU while people he killed directly and indirectly never get justice. All those that will protest should be arrested and force to do psychiatric medical test. And then use them for manual farming for 1 or 2 years without fine option for local consumption and export in large scale without paying them a dime.

If Sowore beating time by DSS is ripe, I will not waste my time protesting for him to free him. He wants to press obidient/ipob/ESN button combination for dirty game that may backfire at him. He should tell all his family members including wife and children abroad to come for that protest too and where same cloth for easy identification they are serious

sreamsense:
Change the threading to why ALL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS at home, villages and abroad (if any) must join protest to free terrorist KANU because no sensible human beings will hide under lawless Sowore to protest terrorist KANU while people he killed directly and indirectly never get justice. All those that will protest should be arrested and force to do psychiatric medical test. And then use them for manual farming for 1 or 2 years without fine option for local consumption and export in large scale without paying them a dime.

If Sowore beating time by DSS is ripe, I will not waste my time protesting for him to free him. He wants to press obidient/ipob/ESN button combination for dirty game that may backfire at him. He should tell all his family members including wife and children abroad to come for that protest too and where same cloth for easy identification they are serious

Commentor:
For what?

The case is at the law court.

Why is he scared of justice?