The Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) has said the recent arrests of Omoyele Sowore, Aloy Ejimakor, and Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of Nnamdi Kanu, show that Nigeria is edging towards anarchy and political unrest.
The group said the intimidation and harassment tied to the detention of the IPOB leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, reflect a deeper national failure under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership.
In a statement issued on Friday, the 24th of October, 2025, by its National President, Comrade Igboayaka O. Igboayaka, the pan-Igbo youth body accused the Tinubu administration of “executive recklessness,” warning that the country is fast descending into chaos. It claimed that the government is using force and intimidation to silence opposition voices before the 2027 elections.
The council likened Nigeria’s current state under President Tinubu to a “ship about to sink after being hit by a violent storm.”
The group condemned what it described as an alarming act on Tuesday morning when “President Tinubu, through his anti-human rights Nigerian police, ordered the arrest of activist Omoyele Sowore, the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) and the convener of the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest, at the Federal High Court in Abuja.”
“It is noteworthy that on 20th October, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, acting through the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, ordered the arrest of peaceful protesters, including Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Bar Aloy Ejimakor, Prince Emma Kanu, Barrister Kingdom Nnamdi Okere, and others, during the peaceful FreeNnamdiKanu protest, and they were subsequently arraigned at Kuje Magistrate Court and remanded in custody at Kuje Prison,” the statement added.
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The OYC urged President Tinubu to “take immediate action to order the release of Sowore, Aloy Ejimakor, Prince Emma Kanu, Barrister Kingdom Okere, and others, and commence a process of national healing and true reconciliation to prevent the recurrence of the Madagascar and Napel crises in Nigeria.”
The group also called on the President to “heed the growing international calls for Nnamdi Kanu’s freedom, listen to respected Nigerian elders, pursue a political solution, withdraw all charges, and release him unconditionally,” Comrade Igboayaka advised.
“Nnamdi Kanu’s case exposes the reality of selective justice against the Igbo people,” he concluded, warning that such actions by President Tinubu could endanger Nigeria’s stability.