The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has exonerated human rights activist Omoyele Sowore from any involvement in the arrest and detention of Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja.
The family also denied claims that any medical panel from the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, visited Kanu for a medical test as directed by Justice James Omotosho.
This was contained in a statement by Kanunta Kanu, who spoke on behalf of the family, condemning the arrests and demanding the immediate release of Prince Emmanuel, Ejimakor and other protesters who were detained during what he described as a peaceful demonstration.
Kanunta expressed shock that some individuals were accusing Sowore of complicity in the arrests, describing such allegations as mischievously incorrect.
He accused certain political elites from the South-East of sponsoring false narratives against Sowore out of shame that a non-Igbo had the courage to do what they could not.
“Those pointing accusing fingers at Sowore should stop it. Saying that he sold out Barrister Aloy Ejimakor and Prince Emmanuel Kanu is incorrect.
“He did what he was supposed to do by mobilizing Nigerians to protest against injustice. Some Nigerians and Igbo politicians are peddling this lie because they are ashamed that Sowore did what they failed to do,” Kanunta said.
The family further accused the Federal Government of connivance in what it described as the continued persecution of Nnamdi Kanu and the Igbo nation.
