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In my opinion, Nigeria is already a one-party state. Obi, Atiku and ADC are not serious opposition to Tinubu's 2027 agenda. Tinubu will crush the PDP and other mainstream oppositions completely by mid 2026 through all these mass defections. The only real opposition force I see currently in Nigeria is Sowore because he is always ready to match his words with action. While Tinubu is busy building a formidable coalition, Obi and Atiku are busy releasing press statements and making empty criticisms on the pages of newspapers. I hope Nigerians will give Sowore the support come 2027 if he runs.

In my opinion, Nigeria is already a one-party state. Obi, Atiku and ADC are not serious opposition to Tinubu's 2027 agenda. The only real opposition force I see currently in Nigeria is Sowore because he is always ready to match his words with action. While Tinubu is busy building a formidable coalition, Obi and Atiku are busy releasing press statements and making empty criticisms on the pages of newspapers. I hope Nigerians will give Sowore the support come 2027 if he runs.

I will repeat that all you've posted here about Kanu does not amount to any serious crime, so you are implying we should jail him for what he said right? There are far worse inciting statements been made against the i-gbos. against y.orubas, against f.ulanis, against politicians daily online. I think as adults we are all responsible for our actions under law. As a full grown adult, if Kanu commands you kill and you go ahead to kill, how is that Kanu's fault? When you should know better. In my opinion, if what you've posted is the reason for detaining him for terrorism then the government has no case against him. I was expecting you to share a video or audio recording of Nnamdi Kanu actually killing someone with a gun.

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

So we should jail Kanu for what he said when many have said far worse things against i-gbo people? Did Kanu pick a gun to shoot someone? The answer is No. How come you are silent and not calling for the heads of those behind some hate preaching threads you read here against i-gbo people here?

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

Do you think that these proxy "peace" deals are not public knowledge? The government will use proxies to pamper northern bandits/terrorists through some northern traditional rulers secretly then pretend not to negotiate with them in the open. Buhari's government even did worse with the secret Sulhu program.

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

Where was this vicious venom you are spitting here when the deadly terrorist whose picture I've attached below got an out of court deal from this same government? What crime has Nnamdi Kanu committed? You will be a hypocrite to say all you've said about Kanu but pretend not to see the real criminals causing real harm and mayhem all over Nigeria. Also, what about all the IPOB members that government agents killed in the south east? Where is justice for them and their families? You pretend to support justice but only when it suites your selfish hateful narrative.

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

What justice? The same court that the government refused to obey it's judgement simply because it did't favour the government. There is no justice for Nnamdi Kanu in court as far as this case is concerned and you know it so stop the pretence.

Commentor:
For what?

The case is at the law court.

Why is he scared of justice?

Your argument is lame because Sowore has been consistent in his struggle. Nnamdi Kanu is not the first person he will support neither will he be the last. Sowore is not even a free man as his case is still in court. You are just paranoid and suspiciously overthinking an issue that is simple to understand.

oalandAgents2:
This Sowore dude is secretly working for Tinubu all this support for Kanu is to distract Nigerians from the Tinubu hardships that they are supposed to be protesting.
Recall his role in helping crush the last hardship protest when he suddenly positioned himself as if he was the organiser and declared the protest ended.
All the gra-gra with the government is just playing to the public gallery to appear to oppose Tinubu. Notice how nobody else with a high profile is allowed to criticize Tinubu without facing arrest or dire consequences.
Tinubu has no problem locking up a sitting CBN governor with no charge or conviction , but small Sowore he is battling with in court🙄

What do you gain from politicizing this? Tomorrow you will cry over injustice.

Nomercie:
Iku lo ma pa e and everybody's that support sowore on this jamboree

Over the past few days, Sowore and a few other brave Nigerians have been in the eye of the storm for staking their life to demand for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu. It is no longer news that Kanu has been unjustly detained for the past 5 years now, accused of terrorism. Kanu has on several occasions made it clear that all he wants was for the government to give his people the a chance to choose if they want to be part of Nigeria through a peaceful referendum. Kanu got bail but was attacked by government agents leading to his escape from Nigeria. The government kidnapped Kanu from Kenya, brought him back only for the court to rule that he should be freed, the government disobeyed court of appeal order to free him, instead rushed to supreme court to get a favourable ruling to continue to detain him, clearly denying him justice thereby violating his rights.

Since, Sowore and Kanu's lawyers started the "FreeNnamdiKanu" movement, I've read a lot of comments from some users here and other platforms stating how they lost loved ones and their livelihood as result of Nnamdi Kanu's IPOB movement in the south east, I will not say that these people don't have genuine reasons to demand for justice. The only fault I find with them is their biased sense of justice, their sentimentalism, blaming Nnamdi Kanu for everything but absolving the government of any crimes in it's role of escalating the violence at the early stage of Nnamdi Kanu's struggle as a result of the killings of peaceful IPOB members by state actors whose only offense was protesting for their rights to be heard and their rights to self-determination. Yes, Kanu gave direct orders in his broadcasts for his members to defend themselves, he gave direct orders for them to kill if any of their members are killed. Yes, he said horrible things but was the government killing IPOB members? Did IPOB resort to self-defence/violence without any provocation? Kanu said a lot of things that earned him enemies but he is a human being and as such not above mistake.

Nigeria prides itself as a nation of laws, a democratic nation that upholds human rights. If this is true then I see no reason why Kanu should still be in detention. If he must be jailed then let it be done in accordance with the law, let the government obey subsisting court order that declared him free. In my opinion, it is shameful that the supreme court was willing to entertain this case in the first place. Kanu may be a devil in the eyes of some Nigerians but the continued injustice and flagrant disregard of the law by the government should be of greater concern to all Nigerians. Hate does no one any good, you may hate the igbo people, you may hate Kanu but remember that injustice spares no one.

Martin Niemöller famously wrote and i quote....

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

This was the poetic confession by Martin Niemöller admiting his guilt for letting the rise of the Nazis plague his nation. He was referring to the purging of different groups by the Nazis and how many people including him reacted to it. His words says alot about how selfish and afraid a normal person can be when faced with unpleasant situation. Many said during the invasion that they would try and do something to stop the nazis from gaining power, but a closer examination will show that many did nothing until it was their turn to be persecuted. This is my favorite quote, because it's an honest interpretation about how the regular person thinks and acts in this kind of situation. If the government is allowed to get away with this and Nnamdi Kanu is not released, it means that the government can do the same thing to you reading this post or any one you care about without any push back. Simply put, supporting this injustice been done to Nnamdi Kanu is akin to supporting lawlessness, corruption and constitutional impunity. Nigerians will have the opportunity on 20th October 2025 to stand united against injustice, to send a strong message to all their political oppressors and the world that they as a people will no longer accept a country were some are treated as sacred cows while others are treated as second class citizens, that they will no longer accept lawlessness on the part of Tinubu's government. It is my hope that all Nigerians irrespective of religion or tribe will put aside all political sentiments and heed the clarion call to stand for justice, support this movement by coming out en mass on October 20th to protest peacefully for the release of Nnamdi. Martin Luther famously said

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.

No nation can progress without peace and there is no peace without justice.

#FreeNnamdiKanuNow


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgbIZlEKnKw

Sometimes, I get amused over some comments I read in this forum. So you believe what you've posted below is true?

Breaker001:
This Sowore of a guy is just clever by half. He thinks playing politics with Nnamdi Kanu's incarceration and dragging our Igbo brothers into his fight with the FG is a smart move. But the Igbos are smarter than that 😎

Let all well meaning Nigerians support the movement to end the unjust detention of Nnamdi Kanu.

I've an important post to make, an open letter to Sowore regarding the upcoming protest but Nairaland has shut down ability to create thread with a strange message about overwhelmed server. I hope this is not an indirect form of censorship.

Please wait for a few minutes before submitting this post. Our server is overwhelmed.

Seem you are the one sounding funny so according to your story Kanu instructed a full grown adult to kill and bury 2000 heads, because this adult carried out the instruction then it is Kanu's fault. Let's assume your story is true how is it Kanu's fault? Every individual is responsible for his or her actions as long as you are above 18, you are legally responsible. Your anger should be directed at the adults that did the actual killings or burning of properties and not Nnamdi Kanu except if it was a minor then you may have a point. The issue at stake is not about if Kanu is guilty or not but about the unfair continued violation of his rights by the government

tammie24:
you sound very funny

My mother Abi na wetin you type for there?

She my mama go say make dem bury one idlot with 2000 heads? Abi she go say make dem dey kill people burn govt properties and kill police?

If your mama dey among the heads wey them bury, you go like am? Or your brothers or sisters abi you children?

You get family?

Democracy Abi?

It is not a lie, here is the link to the news.

https://dailypost.ng/2025/10/14/nnamdi-kanu-nans-releases-programme-for-nationwide-protest/

All Nigerians that want justice will take a stand on 20th October if the government fail to release Nnamdi Kanu. This is not time for unnecessary distractions. Go and tell your government to obey court order and release Kanu.

sreamsense:
This one just like deceiving himself! Which NANS have time to protest over a terrorist kanu? You just like laying foundation of fraud, impersonation and lies. If you don't use Obasanjo name to lie, you use NAN to lie and you want kanu to be released on lies? Let Sowore be pressing your mumu button for his political ambition. If you have any better work to do, you better go and do it and stop wasting your time. Kanu can never evade justice, the right of people he killed directly and indirectly are asking for justice and their right. The virgins ipob/ESN used for ritual and the ones ipob/ESN roasted and cannibalized in their evil forest are asking for justice and their right. People ipob labeled saboteurs, killed and hanged their heads in public are asking for justice and their right. So, KANU can not escape justice, Sowore is using you for his hidden agenda to win ipob on his side to fight for him if DSS finally nailed him on his court cases

There is so much injustice in Nigeria, many Nigerians are not serious about fixing these issues because of tribal sentiments. No nation built on injustice and lies can make genuine progress. Tinubu and his party APC will crush the oppostion completely by mid 2026 if nothing is done by Nigerians to demand for electoral reforms.

Biglittlelois:
There should be a law that prevents politicians from decamping from any party that helped to get their political seats, it's really unfair and an Injustice to citizens that wasted time and efforts to vote their preferred candidates in their preferred party, all for them to switch parties at will.

This is great news from NANS let all well meaning Nigerians support the movement to free Nnamdi Kanu.

Was a disaster from day one. Without electoral reforms and his new INEC chairman (Amupitan) now in place, Tinubu may win 2027 election in a landslide victory and the blame will go to Nigerians for their collective docility and tribal sentiments towards serious national issues.

It appears something wrong with Nairaland, no way to add new threads.

"Please wait for a few minutes before submitting this post. Our server is overwhelmed."

Mrfixitt:
Tinubu is a disaster of a president.

It appears Nairaland has disabled the ability for some members to post threads with the message.

"Please wait for a few minutes before submitting this post. Our server is overwhelmed."

I can no longer contribute new threads to the forum.

You are naive to still be thinking that this is about igbo or tribal sentiments. What is happening now is complete state capture of all critical institutions by Tinubu. I had said in an earlier post that APC will crush the opposition completely before mid 2026. Now that TNEC chairman is in place, what is left will be the mass defections to APC, this will be the final nail that will ensure a one party state for Tinubu to completely crush PDP and any other major opposition that may stop him before 2027 election.

WesleyPepper:
Why is the Ibo op restless because the president performed his constitutional role ?
Even if Margret and Oseloka were appointed as INEC chairmen , your Pandora would still lose .
So , calm down and take your L

20th October is near, till then, I rest my case.

buckeyemedia:
Sorry but he has to pay for his crimes, he is going to prison.

I am very sure that President Tinubu is a democrat, he will grant him a pardon @ the beginning of his 2nd term.

But this is not about who he is fighting or not fighting for, it is about justice. If you believe in justice and value human rights then Kanu does not need to be on your side before you speak up for him. Nigeria government kidnapped him from Kenya and court ruled that they should free him, since the government disobeyed that court order, that is a clear injustice and a stain on Nigeria's image. The problem with many commentators on this platform is that they can't seem to be objective when analysing serious national issues without tribal bias.

buckeyemedia:
He called us Nigerians animals in a zoo, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is fighting for u his Ndigbo brethren, not me.

Your emotional outburst does not change the fact that Kanu is been held unjustly by the government. Even if he is guilty of all you sighted, is it fair that Nigeria government has refused to obey court order simply because it did not favour the government? If you truly care about justice you should be asking the government to do the right thing.

Vision101:
Sowore na guy man. What he's doing is his normal business. If he didn't do this how can he account for the funds released to him? Why didn't he try this under Bubu? This whole matter started under Bubu. Why the pressure on PBAT? Why didn't Atiku speak against holding Kanu when Bubu his brother was in charge? The damage done by Kanu to the south east is incalculable. Up till now the south east economy has been cut to four working days per week while the rest of nation operates on five days. Ask any economist and they will tell you that it runs into trillions.

Kanu overdid everything. He behaved as if he was untouchable then. He insulted all igbo elites and ndieze. When he was released rather than allow the legal process to run he again went on overdrive. Thank God for democracy. If it was during the military it would've been history by now. If obasanjo, Diya etc can be jailed and MKO and wife can be killed then kanu's case under military would have been nothing.

Let him be released conditionally or let the legal process run its full course. Unfortunately his legal team has never been interested in fastening the process.

We all need to set aside our political bias to support the October 20th movement for Nnamdi Kanu's release. If not for any other reason but to show to the international community, set a precedence that Nigeria is not a lawless country. Let the government end the supreme court drama, obey subsisting lower court order and free Nnamdi Kanu.

buckeyemedia:
Will hear from Nigerians or some Ndigbos? Make Sowore wind una like toy soldiers.

Hmm so peaceful protest which you call "chest beating" won't get Nnamdi Kanu justice but a clear terrorism chest beating got the guy whose picture I've attached below and his gang a deal to continue killing Nigerians. The government will hear from Nigerians on October 20th.

buckeyemedia:
We all know how John The Baptist ended up in the scripture?

Whether right or wrong, Nnamdi Kanu is fighting a battle against the powers that be, that he cannot win, when u understand that, u will have peace with yourself.

Even the great Nelson Mandela was a 100 times more radical than Nnamdi Kanu, after spending 27 years in prison, he won the Nobel peace prize.

The apartheid government tamed his radicalism, chest beating doesn’t always get u victory.

You kidnapped him, brought back for trial illegally and same lower court ruled that you should free him and you disobeyed court order, ran to supreme court to get judgement that favour you.

buckeyemedia:
In everything u have said, u are only telling one side of the story, are u forgetting that Nnamdi Kanu jumped bail granted to him by the lower court?

He claimed that the Nigerian army tried to kill him, so he jumped bail, escaped to Israel, then from Tel Aviv back to his base in East London, until he was set up, & apprehended In Nairobi, then extradited back to Nigeria?

Supreme Court entertained a case without one party (The government) obeying the judgement of a lower court then proceed to rule in favour of that same party that disobeyed the lower court's order to release Kanu and you call that justice? Is it not glaring to you that Nnamdi Kanu won't get justice in court? Except you want to be biased then you can continue to parrot the official government narrative.

favor914:
The irony is that Nnamdi Kanu is even more guilty than Simon Ekpa, Simon Ekpa’s atrocities is child’s play compared to Mazi Kanu.

The prosecution has closed their case, let him open his defense to prove his innocence, and also prove myself & others wrong.

Only the High court can set that man free, even the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, doesn’t have the power.

Let the people exercise their right to peaceful protest, if you don't want to support it then keep quiet let those who want to do so, do so in peace.

Adaisback:
Sowore , pls stop wasting your time and stop playing on the emotions of my people. As long as Nwike is there with Tinubu, forget it, KANU is not coming out. Wike is the only one that can get him out but I doubt he will. I remembered ksnu once requested for the head of Nwike

Comments like yours reinforces the notion that many Nigerians pretend to like democracy but love oppressive governments. You are happy to see Sowore jailed for exercising his rights but you will cry, you will scream injustice when you are denied your salary, you will run to same unjust high court you praising now hoping to get justice. Regarding the protest, did I tell you I won't be there?

favor914:
I bet u, no protest, the same high court that he is undermining will not grant him bail when he is eventually arraigned by the police for disturbing the peace of the residents of The FCT.

We know people like yourself will not be anywhere near 1 mile from the so called protest.

No more Nairaland for u from police cell.