Presidential candidate of the African Action
Congress (AAC) in the 2019 elections,
Omoyele Sowore, met with Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in New York on Tuesday.
In a Facebook video, Sowore said the meeting, which is one of
many to come, would send “shock waves down the spine of the oppressors in
Nigeria.
“They know that the moment all the oppressed people get
together, they are in trouble. We are calling on all our brothers and sisters,
wherever you may be,
“The colour of injustice is the same, whether it is
affecting you in Biafra land, it’s affecting you in Yoruba land, it’s affecting
you in Idoma land, or even in Zamfara, or even in Niger Republic and other
places on the continent of Africa.
“It doesn’t matter where oppression is ruining your life,
what you need is freedom and what we are determined to give you is that
freedom
He said they talked about things they have both been passionate
about but on a different plane and both respect those boundaries.
“Those of you out there who think we have big differences
and that we can’t talk, know that when people have revolutionary minds, these
minds meet and bodies eventually meet,” he said.
On his part, Kanu described Sowore, as his friend, saying
their eventual meeting was a confirmation that people can come together.
“I met with my good friend Sowore and it has yielded today a
confirmation that people can come together,” he said.
“There isn’t much of a difference for what we are fighting
for because we are fighting for justice. We know and hope that the people that
found themselves today trapped in that contraption called Nigeria will one day
be free and it takes people to do it.
“I doubt it comes from heaven and we have to do it, we have
decided to do it and it must be done.”
In a telephone conversation with The Cable, Sowore said they
had three separate meetings, and the first was to hear him out on the matters
of concern to his constituency.
The second was to discuss a possible collaboration and
synergy, and the third was how to bring more young Nigerians desirous of total
change.
“This was my plan had I become president, one of my duties
would have been to bring all warring factions together and rewrite the
constitution that is agreeable to all,” he said.
Kanu, who is facing trial alongside other Biafran activists
for alleged treason, had gone into hiding months after his bail only to
reappear in Israel after one year.
In April, he had described a warrant of arrest issued
against him as “merely academic.”
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