Party Blasts “Release Nnamdi Kanu” Protest as Political Theatre and Insult to Ndigbo
The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken a swipe at activist Omoyele Sowore over his recent “Release Nnamdi Kanu” protest, describing it as another desperate attempt to seek attention and trivialize a sensitive national issue.
In a strongly worded statement issued on Thursday, the party’s spokesman, Hon. Seye Oladejo, said the so-called protest was nothing but “political theatre,” designed to stoke sentiments rather than promote justice or national unity.
“Sowore has once again shown his talent for dramatizing serious matters in his endless pursuit of attention and cheap popularity,” the statement read. “It is baffling that a man with no cultural or political link to the South East now pretends to speak for Ndigbo.”
Oladejo said it was both “mockery and insult” for Sowore to imagine that he could represent the Igbo nation, describing his intervention as misplaced, self-serving, and disrespectful to a people “of deep intellect, courage, and history.”
The Lagos APC spokesman questioned Sowore’s motives, asking why he was “weeping more than the bereaved” over a matter that is already before a competent court of law.
“The same Sowore who chants democracy and rule of law now undermines both by inciting street protests over a case before the judiciary,” Oladejo said. “This contradiction exposes his activism as nothing but a theatre of convenience — noisy, shallow, and opportunistic.”
He added that the Igbo people are capable of defining and defending their interests without “a political wanderer in borrowed robes.”
“Ndigbo know their leaders and understand their challenges. They engage the system with wisdom and dignity, not with Sowore’s brand of social media dramatics,” he noted.
The party emphasized that matters before the court should not be tried in the streets or debated on social media, stressing that the rule of law remains the only path to lasting justice and order — values the APC government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is committed to upholding.
“Sowore’s latest antics only expose his craving for relevance. The more he forces himself into every national conversation, the clearer it becomes that he stands for nothing beyond his own noise,” the statement concluded.
The APC therefore urged Nigerians to ignore what it called Sowore’s “circus of confusion,” advising him to “stop playing the town crier of a village that never sent him on any errand.”
