Omoyele Sowore, politician and activist, has noted that some members of the Igbo elite are complicit in the prolonged detention of Nnamdi Kanu.
According to him, the incarceration of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader is proof that “Nigeria has an Igbo problem”.
Speaking in an interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90Minutes Africa, Sowore argued that Kanu is a casualty of the post-civil war marginalisation of the Igbos.
“Nigeria has an Igbo problem. It’s like when a father is dying, they will tell their children, I have a problem with Igbo people; please continue from there,” he said.
Sowore expressed disappointment that the President Bola Tinubu administration has not freed Kanu.
“I expected that the first act of Tinubu in office would have been to release Nnamdi Kanu. But the fact that it got worse shows that there is a kind of conspiracy going on,” he added.
“I also know that there are some Igbo elite who are complicit in his detention because there was a time when there were discussions about his release, and they said it should hold on until after the election.
“And now, after the election, the devil seems to have intervened more strongly.”
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