Former senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has criticised human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, after he fled the scene of the #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest in Abuja on Monday.
Sowore, who is the convener of the protest, posted a video of himself with other demonstrators running from teargas and gun shots, while they planned to march to Aso Rock Villa, to demand the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
However, the Nigeria Police Force had warned that it would not tolerate any protest near the seat of power oiin the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Reacting to the development in a social media post, Sani said the Sahara Reporters’ publisher is “bravely wise.”
“Running away during protest is not an act of cowardice.Its a strategy to dodge the bullet or the tear gas in order to fight another day.Facing an armed Police man on the 20thday of the month after his last salary requires some form of caution.Comrade Sowore is bravely wise,” he wrote.
Sowore, who later spoke over the disruption of the protest by security agents which comprised the police and military, said live bullets were fired towards the protesters.
