Efforts by security to check the FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest by mounting barricades at strategic points within the nation’s capital, Abuja, have resulted to heavy gridlock, leaving workers and other commuters stranded.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Efforts by security to check the FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest by mounting barricades at strategic points within the nation’s capital, Abuja, have resulted to heavy gridlock, leaving workers and other commuters stranded.
Our Correspondent learned that the checkpoints have caused gridlock in major roads, with commuters from Bwari, Ushafa, Dutse, and parts of Kubwa stranded on their way to the city centre. Motorists along the Nyanya-Mararaba road were also stranded due to the security checkpoints mounted on the road.
Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, and some activists had mobilised for a protest, demanding the release of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
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The protesters had planned to march on the State House, the official residence of President Bola Tinubu, to pressure the government to release Kanu from custody. This is even as a Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an interim order restraining the organisers from protesting near the Villa, the National Assembly, and other key government institutions.
The Director of Mobilisation for the Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, affirmed that the protest would go on as scheduled, both in Abuja and simultaneously in the South-Eastern states of the country. The nationwide demonstration for the immediate and unconditional release of the IPOB leader was endorsed by the opposition parties.
Kanu is being detained on charges of terrorism, treason, and incitement, among others. The Federal Government alleges he advocated for Biafra’s independence through controversial means, including inflammatory rhetoric on social media and Radio Biafra.
