By Steve Oko
Some Igbo ladies have declared their full assist for the October 20 nationwide protest by rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, for the discharge of Nnamdi Kanu.
That is as they counseled the convener Sowore and different supporters together with former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, amongst others, “for lending their voices in opposition to injustice”.
Igbo Girls Meeting, IWA, in an announcement issued Saturday by its Nationwide President, Lolo Nneka Chimezie, hailed the transfer as “a step in the correct course.”
The pan-Igbo ladies’s group, which has been calling for Kanu’s launch, stated it could mobilise Igbo ladies to affix the protest.
IWA urged all Nigerians, no matter their tribe, faith or celebration affiliations, to affix the peaceable protest in opposition to “protracted injustice”.
The group expressed delight that notable figures from outdoors Igbo land are lending their voices to the rising clamour for Kanu’s launch.
IWA described Kanu as “a freedom fighter and justice advocate who is barely being persecuted for talking out in opposition to the oppression of his individuals, and for exposing the hidden agenda of the oppressors”.
In response to the Igbo ladies’s group, if the federal government can negotiate with actual bandits who’ve taken up arms in opposition to the nation, killing each safety brokers and harmless residents, releasing Kanu shouldn’t be seen as an enormous deal.
IWA counseled the efforts of “some Igbo leaders, each useless and alive, who’ve demonstrated real dedication in direction of liberating Kanu”, and urged them to not relent.
IWA significantly acknowledged the continued efforts of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Rep. Obi Aguocha, Peter Obi, amongst others, together with the Nigeria Bar Affiliation, NBA, in searching for freedom for Kanu.
The group counseled different Nigerians from different tribes and religions who’ve continued to make their voices heard regarding Kanu’s persecution.
IWA stated Kanu’s continued incarceration ought to be seen as an injustice that every one Nigerians ought to unite to withstand.
The group, once more, appealed to President Bola Tinubu to think about the rising appeals and free Kanu unconditionally.
IWA urged all Nigerians, no matter their tribe, faith or celebration affiliations, to determine with the protest, arguing that injustice to at least one is injustice to all.
“We wish Nigerians to unite in opposition to injustice and intimidation; in opposition to freedom of speech and rule of legislation. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu stood in opposition to these ills and that’s why they got here after him.
“Peculiar Nigerians should unite and resist disrespect to court docket orders. We should not permit politicians to make use of the fault traces of celebration, faith and tribe to proceed to divide us whereas themselves are in mattress with each other.
“Nigerians should stand along with Kanu whose predictions have all been fulfilled earlier than us, and that’s why the system is preventing him,” the group stated.
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