Sowore’s agitation for Nnamdi Kanu’s release undermines rule of law — Sunday Dare

By Kunle Sanni –

Presidential aide Sunday Dare has warned activist Omoyele Sowore against using protests and inflammatory rhetoric to influence judicial proceedings in the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), saying such actions undermine the rule of law.

In a post on his official X handle, @SundayDareSD, on Monday, Dare stated that protests, threats, and inflammatory rhetoric “do not aid the judicial process” but rather “create unnecessary tension and undermine the rule of law.”

He accused Sowore of engaging in what he described as a “pastime of PR agitation and courting public sympathy to interfere with judicial proceedings,” saying such methods are “outdated and counterproductive in a modern democracy.”

“Sowore and his team can never try these stunts in Europe or America,” Dare said. “You cannot employ protest and civil unrest to demand the release of someone accused of terrorism whose case is still in court — not even in America.”

Dare emphasised that the case involving Kanu predates the administration of President Bola Tinubu and remains under the exclusive jurisdiction of the judiciary.

He added that the Tinubu administration respects judicial independence and has no intention of interfering in ongoing legal processes.

The presidential aide also cautioned that while Nigeria upholds democratic freedoms, those freedoms are not absolute. Testing those limits, he warned, could “invite the full application of the law as clearly stated.”

“The judiciary must be allowed to discharge its constitutional responsibilities without external interference,” he said.