Sowore: An Igbo man can risk his life to save his brother, says Omokri

byJoe Adams -
Reno Omokri 
Former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, says the convener of the #RevolutionNowMovement and Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, would have been released from detention if he were Igbo man.

Sowore had been in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since August 3 when he was arrested in Lagos.



His counsel, Femi Falana, had approached the court seeking a variation to the previous bail conditions which he said could not be met.

However, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge presiding over the case, says she is concerned that the activist has not meet the bail conditions granted to him.

Ijeoma, while ruling on the application for variation of the bail conditions on Monday, said: “Considering the pedigree of the first defendant as observed in his application, it is rather unfortunate that no one is willing to stand as his surety on those terms.




“On the other hand, it creates an assumption that despite the pedigree of the first defendant, none of his best associates is willing to stand for him. This poses a cause for concern.”

Reacting on his official twitter handle on Monday, Omokri said Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who is an Igbo man risked jail and his office in order to stand surety for Nnamdi Kanu, but no body from the south west is willing to stand for Sowore.


He tweeted, "If Sowore was Igbo, he‘d have been out of jail by now. An Igbo Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, risked jail and his office, to stand surety for Kanu. Are you telling me none of Sowore’s kinsmen have ordinary ₦50 million?




NOTICE: This article was edited to correct misrepresentation of Sowore's ethnicity as suggested by the title of the news article. We apologize for the confusion this may have caused.

Original title was: Sowore: Igbo man can risk his life to save his brother, unlike Yoruba man, says Omokri.
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