The family of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has dismissed allegations that human rights activist Omoyele Sowore betrayed Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, and his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja.
Speaking via statement by Kanunta Kanu, the family condemned the allegations, insisting that there was no truth to the claim.
They also denied claims that any medical panel from the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) visited Kanu for a medical test as directed by Justice James Omotosho.
The family demanded the immediate release of Ejimakor and other protesters who were detained during what he described as a peaceful demonstration.
Kanunta expressed shock that some individuals were accusing Sowore of complicity in the arrests, describing such allegations as mischievously incorrect.
He accused certain political elites from the South-East of sponsoring false narratives against Sowore out of shame that a non-Igbo dared to do what they could not.
“Those pointing accusing fingers at Sowore should stop it. Saying that he sold out Barrister Aloy Ejimakor and Prince Emmanuel Kanu is incorrect.
“He did what he was supposed to do by mobilising Nigerians to protest against injustice. Some Nigerians and Igbo politicians are peddling this lie because they are ashamed that Sowore did what they failed to do,” Kanunta said.
The family further accused the Federal Government of connivance in what it described as the continued persecution of Nnamdi Kanu and the Igbo nation.
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