Sowore led the protest, tagged ‘FreeNnamdiKanu’, which took place in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Human rights activist and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the attack by police on peaceful demonstrators demanding the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
He criticized the security agency’s action on Monday while appearing as a guest on the Arise Television program, ‘Prime Time’.
Sowore had earlier led the protest, tagged ‘FreeNnamdiKanu’, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) yesterday.
Speaking during the interview, the activist claimed the police attacked them because they were peaceful, stressing such an attack wouldn’t have occurred if they were bandits.
“Police attacked us because we were peaceful protesters. If we were bandits, they would not come near us,” Sowore stated, adding, “Fortunately, we have chosen a no-violence approach to resolving issues but a generation will come that will not accept this nonsense.”
While elaborating on the scale of the protest he added: “The protest was not only on social media. It happened everywhere around Abuja. We had six spots where we had thousands of people converge en-masse.
“We were at Utako, Gudu, Apo, which has the largest crowd, and we moved to the FCT police command where we were tear-gassed ruthlessly.”
