{"id":13704,"date":"2019-08-03T16:09:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-03T16:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=13704"},"modified":"2019-08-03T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-03T16:09:38","slug":"nnamdi-kanu-blasts-buhari-over-sowores-arrest-calls-for-end-to-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nnamdi-kanu-blasts-buhari-over-sowores-arrest-calls-for-end-to-tyranny","title":{"rendered":"Nnamdi Kanu Blasts Buhari Over Sowore&#8217;s Arrest, Calls For End To Tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned the arrest and detention of Omoyele Sowore by the Department of State Services.<\/p>\n<p>Sowore, a rights activist, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by the Nigerian secret police over plans to organise a nationwide protest challenging bad governance.<\/p>\n<p>Kanu and Sowore met in New York earlier in July to discuss strategies to &#8220;liberate&#8221; Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Saturday, the IPOB leader said Buhari would not win the fight against the oppressed Nigerians, adding that continuous repression of Nigerians&#8217; rights would lead to the collapse of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He tweeted, &#8220;Fulani tyranny and primitive dictatorship will never win this war against the massed ranks of oppressed people in Nigeria. Suppressing the right to protest in a so-called democracy will only hasten the collapse of that zoo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;#FreeSowore and allow the #RevolutionNow right to protest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sowore is held incommunicado in an unknown location at the time of this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has condemned the arrest and detention of Omoyele Sowore by the Department of State Services. Sowore, a rights activist, was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by the Nigerian secret police over plans to organise a nationwide protest challenging bad governance. 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