Former presidential candidate and rights activist Omoyele Sowore has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of colluding with the judiciary to secure either a death or life imprisonment sentence for Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
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In a post on Wednesday, Sowore claimed the verdict had already been secretly decided through a political conspiracy and that the ongoing trial was merely to give the process a legal cover.
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He alleged that Justice Omotosho, who is handling Kanu’s terrorism case at the Federal High Court in Abuja, may interpret Kanu’s refusal to open his defence as an admission of guilt—an outcome he said was already predetermined.
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Sowore warned that the ruling, expected in November, could echo the 1995 execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and others under the Sani Abacha regime, calling it a “haunting historical parallel.”
According to him, Kanu’s trial has moved beyond the pursuit of justice and has become a “test of conscience for Nigeria.”
Justice Omotosho had earlier given Kanu until November 5 to open his defence or forfeit his right after he repeatedly refused to do so, insisting that there was no valid charge against him.
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