Lagos APC slams Sowore over planned Kanu protest

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed activist Omoyele Sowore over his plan to stage a protest demanding the release of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.

In a statement on Friday, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Seye Oladejo, described Sowore’s planned protest as “a shallow bid for attention” and “a mockery of the Igbo struggle.”

Oladejo said it was “both baffling and laughable” that Sowore, who has “no cultural or political ties to the Southeast,” now presents himself as “the rallying point for Ndigbo.”

“Why is Sowore weeping more than the bereaved?” Oladejo queried. “Why is he pontificating on a matter already before a court of competent jurisdiction? Is this about justice or just another desperate audition for relevance?”

The APC spokesman accused the Sahara Reporters publisher of hypocrisy, saying that while he preaches democracy and rule of law, his actions “openly undermine both.”

He added that Sowore’s activism had become “a theatre of convenience — noisy, shallow, and opportunistic.”

“Ndigbo do not need a political wanderer in borrowed robes to define their interests or struggles,” Oladejo said. “They know their leaders, they understand their challenges, and they can engage the system with wisdom and dignity — not with Sowore’s brand of social media dramatics.”

Oladejo maintained that President Bola Tinubu’s administration remains committed to the rule of law, stressing that “cases before the courts should not be tried on the streets or debated in live streams.”

“Sowore’s latest antics only expose his restlessness and craving for relevance,” he added. “The more he forces himself into every national conversation, the more obvious it becomes that he stands for nothing beyond his own noise.”

He urged Nigerians to “ignore his circus,” describing the activist as “a town crier of a village that never sent him on any errand.”