Publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has again raised an alarm over the Thursday verdict by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Sowore who has constantly stood in solidarity with the IPOB leader reiterated his initial warning that the Nigerian Government through Justice James Omotosho have perfected plans to convict Kanu of terrorism charges levelled against him.
In a post made on X, shortly after the court’s decision on Thursday, November 20, the activist said, “On November 5th, 2025, I publicly warned that the verdict in Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s case had already been decided by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime. Today, they executed that script word for word.
“For the avoidance of doubt, and based on credible information I received directly from individuals within the regime, this was my submission at the time:
“For the avoidance of doubt and to alert the public, it has become clear that a secret decision has long been reached within the Bola Tinubu regime regarding the fate of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,” Sowore said.
He added that the FG’s 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.
“Justice James Omotosho is expected to conclude Kanu’s trial by declaring that his refusal to open his defence amounts to an admission of guilt—a convenient interpretation designed to seal a verdict already agreed upon behind closed doors.
“The ruling is anticipated this November, a month that bears a haunting historical precedent. It was in November 1995 that the military tribunal of General Sani Abacha sentenced Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists to death, a sentence carried out with ruthless precision,” he noted.
He added that, three decades later, Nigeria stands at the same moral crossroads with the same machinery of repression in place.
He, however, stated that the only different factor here, is the year which changed from 1995 to 2025.
“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.
“What we witnessed today was not justice, it was the execution of a political decision already taken long before the court sat, long before arguments were heard, and long before any evidence was considered.
“Nigeria must decide what kind of nation it wants to be,” Sowore wrote, ending the message with a Free Nnamdo Kanu hashtag.