BREAKING: Tinubu Government Plotting Death Sentence for Nnamdi Kanu — report 

Tinubu Government Plotting Death Sentence for Nnamdi Kanu — report

 

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has secretly resolved to either sentence the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to death or impose a life imprisonment verdict.

 

Sowore made the claim in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday, warning Nigerians that the government was preparing what he described as a “predetermined outcome” in Kanu’s ongoing treason trial.

 

“For the avoidance of doubt and to alert the public, it has become clear that a secret decision has long been reached within the @officialABAT regime regarding the fate of Mazi @NnamdiKanu,” he wrote.

 

“The plan, devised through a high-level political conspiracy, is to either sentence him to death or condemn him to life imprisonment. This outcome, predetermined far in advance, is now being dressed up in the guise of judicial procedure.”

 

According to Sowore, Justice James Omotosho, who is presiding over the case, is expected to conclude the trial by interpreting Kanu’s refusal to open his defence as an admission of guilt — a decision he claims would pave the way for a harsh verdict.

 

He further suggested that the ruling may come in November, drawing a parallel between the timing and the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and other Ogoni activists by the military regime of Gen. Sani Abacha in November 1995.

 

“Today, three decades later, Nigeria appears to be standing at the same moral crossroads. Only the year has changed; this is 2025, not 1995, but the machinery of repression grinds on,” Sowore said.

“The trial of Nnamdi Kanu has ceased to be about justice; it is now a test of conscience for the Nigerian state and its citizens alike.”

The activist ended his statement with the hashtag #FreeNnamdiKanuNow.

Neither the Presidency nor the Federal Ministry of Justice had issued an official response to Sowore’s allegations at the time of filing this report. Kanu has been in detention since June 2021 following his arrest and repatriation to Nigeria.