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By Steve Oko
As the October 20 nationwide solidarity march for the unconditional merchandise of the person of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, continues to summation momentum, erstwhile Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has written to the promoter of the peaceful protestation and Rights Activist, Omoyele Sowore, declaring his enactment for the rally.
Similarly, the World Igbo Congress, IWC, has thrown its value down the protest, urging Ndigbo everyplace successful the satellite to afloat participate.
Senator Wabara, successful a solidarity connection helium personally signed and addressed to Sowore, said each peaceful effort aimed astatine securing justness and nationalist reconciliation had his full support.
The erstwhile Senate President, who is presently retired of the state connected a aesculapian trip, said helium would person loved to physically enactment successful the march but for his ongoing treatment.
He commended Sowore and each those promoting the march for their courageousness to emergence against injustice.
The missive work successful part:”I person been informed astir the planned protestation connected the 20th of October, calling for the merchandise of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. I privation to commend your efforts and those of others who proceed to talk up for justness and fairness successful our country.
Unfortunately, I americium retired of the state and volition not beryllium capable to articulation you
physically connected that day.
“However, delight cognize that I americium with you successful tone and successful afloat enactment of each peaceful effort aimed astatine securing justness and nationalist reconciliation. I privation you and each participants a peaceful and palmy outing.”
On its part, the World Igbo Congress, successful a strong-worded connection by its Chairman, Dr Festus Okere, and Secretary General, Sir Chris Ogara, said that the request for Kanu’s merchandise “is not the outcry of 1 people but the request for justness itself.”
WIC argued that “Kanu’s persecution” had reached a constituent wherever “silence is nary longer an option.”
“The chains connected Nnamdi Kanu are not conscionable chains connected 1 antheral – they are chains connected freedom, connected justice, and connected information itself”, the connection made disposable to Vanguard said.
WIC argued that determination was nary justification to support Kanu down bars since 2021 erstwhile helium was renditioned from Kenya, portion bandits and wide murderers are being granted pardon by the aforesaid Government.
WIC urged each justness advocates, irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, oregon enactment affiliations, to lend their enactment for the escaped Kanu march.
“The peaceful protestation led by a committed activist, Sowore, devoid of tribe, is astir welcome. We telephone on each lovers of Justice, fairness, and unity to articulation successful this peaceful protestation connected the 20th of October 2025.
” When injustice persists for excessively long, it ceases to beryllium a section occupation and becomes a planetary one. And Nigeria indispensable recognize – its aboriginal cannot beryllium built connected silencing its own.”
WIC expressed astonishment that the aforesaid Government that is granting pardon to, and rehabilitating purportedly repentant bandits, is uncovering it hard to heed increasing appeals for Kanu’s release.
“Why is it that successful Nigeria bandits and terrorists tin stitchery openly, brandishing weapons, negotiating with the authorities arsenic if they are kings, and getting statesmanlike pardons; yet a antheral who spoke lone with words languishes successful prison? What does that accidental astir the benignant of state we unreal to practice?”
Citing President Donald Trump of the United States of America, WIC warned that “when governments fearfulness the dependable of their ain citizens, they are nary longer starring with strength, but with fear.”
According to the group, clamping down connected dissenting voices is lone a prelude to dictatorship.
“To fastener up your children for daring to talk is not the enactment of a beardown federation – it is the confession of a frightened one.
And President Traoré spoke information to African leaders erstwhile helium said: ‘Silence successful the look of injustice is betrayal.'”
WIC expressed disappointment implicit the deficiency of committedness from the Igbo governmental elite successful advancing the Igbo cause.
“Where were those who should person stood for their brother? Where were immoderate of the Igbo governors erstwhile their lad was dragged crossed borders similar a criminal? They chose comfortableness implicit courage, powerfulness implicit people, soundlessness implicit truth. History volition not forget.”
It, therefore, urged the radical to stay resolute successful their request for justness and equity for...
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