A combined photo of Omoyele Sowore, Nnamdi Kanu and Atiku Abubakar
By Victory Oghene
Publisher of Sahara Reporters and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has fixed October 20, 2025 as the date to protest the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
Sowore tagges the protest as the ‘Free Nnamdi Kanu Now protest march’
In a post shared on Thursday and seen by NATIONAL WAVES Sowore said “now have a date for the historic #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest march to the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja, it is October 20 at 7AM!”
In a related development,
former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has joined the campaign of for the release of the IPOB leader.
In a post on his official X account on Wednesday, Sowore had challenged the Labour Party chieftain, Peter Obi, Atiku, Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo, and other notable personalities in the South-East to march to Aso Rock for Kanu’s release.
“I challenge every politician or person of good conscience from the Southeast who says they want Nnamdi Kanu released to stop the rhetoric. Time for action is now. Let’s march to Aso Rock Villa,” he said, adding that he will set aside his differences with some politicians for one cause, Kanu’s release.
Reacting on Thursday, Atiku said: “The continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu remains an open sore on our nation’s conscience and a stain on our belief in the rule of law. Defying court orders that granted him bail is an abuse of power and an assault on justice.
“I, therefore, lend my voice in full support of the campaign led by Yele Sowore for his immediate release or due prosecution.
“We fail as patriots if we allow Kanu’s case to fester as yet another wound this nation refuses to heal.”
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday adjourned the trial of the Biafra agitator on terrorism-related charges to October 16, following the inability of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to conclude its assessment of his health condition.
At the previous sitting, Justice Omotosho directed the NMA President to constitute a panel of medical experts to examine Kanu’s health status.
Kanu’s IPOB is a separatist movement advocating secession from Nigeria. Kanu was arrested on June 27, 2021, in Kenya before being repatriated to Nigeria.
He was initially arrested on 14th October, 2015, on an 11-count charge bordering on terrorism, treasonable felony, managing an unlawful society, publication of defamatory matter, illegal possession of firearms, and improper importation of goods, among others.
