“Nnamdi Kanu was not tried. He was ambushed in a courtroom, and sent to prison. Guess what? The next day, they took him to Sokoto prison, to please their masters there. There are prisons all over this country. They would have taken him to Ondo State, Okitipupa prison is there. Why Sokoto? Because they want to say, here we have delivered your enemy to you, the man who is against your real estate, Nigeria.” - Omoyele Sowore, 19th October 2026.

SUNDAY SERMON: Those who gleefully wish MAZI NNAMDI KANU to spend the rest of his life in prison are mere hate-filled minions, celebrating the caging of a political prisoner while ignoring history’s clear verdict. Across the world, prisoners of conscience have repeatedly been condemned to die behind bars, only to ultimately walk free. Václav Havel was repeatedly jailed by Czechoslovakia’s communist regime for his dissent, yet he later led the Velvet Revolution and became President. Lech Wałęsa was unjustly imprisoned in Poland, but he was later released, and elected President. Aung San Suu Kyi endured nearly 15 years of house arrest in Burma before her release in 2010, and she became Burma’s de facto leader. Nelson Mandela spent years in apartheid prisons, and was branded a terrorist before political negotiations freed him in 1990. And he became President. There are other numerous examples, such as Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Kenneth Kaunda, etc. Even those who freed Nigeria from Britain (Zik, Awolowo, etc) were once imprisoned by the State. President Tinubu was in exile before he returned, and became Governor, then President. So, what are you celebrating? Mazi Kanu’s life sentence is neither final, nor a cause for celebration by his enemies, within and without. History shows that judicial appeals, or political solutions ultimately freed such prisoners. Thus, the usual suspects publicly cheering #MNK’s life imprisonment, and using it as an opportunity to throw stones at him should get ready for a surprise, sooner than later.