Carolyn Okorafor, the Principal-Secretary to Biafra political activist, Nnamdi Kanu, has criticised Catriona Laing, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, for her “silence” over the arrest and detention of high-profile activist, Omoyele Sowore.
Okorafor via her known Twitter handle on Sunday called Laing ‘part of the problem of Nigeria’.
Afriupdate recalls that Sowore was refused bail by authorities after being arrested for an “unlawful gathering” on New Year’s Eve along with four others, according to his lawyer, Femi Falana.
Falana told Punch on Sunday that Sowore had been denied bail by the Nigerian police over alleged breaches of COVID-19 protocols.
![[FILES] IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu in court](https://www.afriupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Nnamdi-Kanu-in-Court.jpg "IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu fails to regain freedom at Supreme Court 1")
They were arrested for “unlawfully gathering at very odds hours” and causing tension amongst residents, a police spokesperson told the AFP news agency.
On New Year’s Eve, Sowore used social media to call for demonstrations under the banner #EndBadGoveranceInNigeria, sending photos encouraging Nigerians to take to the streets.
Sowore, a fierce critic of Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, is the founder of the Sahara Reporters news outlet.
“Catriona Laing with all due respect, what is your job in #Nigeria? You reside there, and you see daily human rights violations and the actions of the corrupt government! #Sowore is locked up for exercising his fundamental rights, and you are sitting in Abuja in la la land!” Okorafor wrote.
“Catriona Laing, you are a part of the corruption and problem! Your silence to many of the human rights violations shows us that you have no job in Nigeria! Rather you babysit the habits of the corrupt governors and government! I would love to have a conversation with you,” the legal practitioner wrote in another tweet.
https://twitter.com/Carolynkimbrly/status/1345817886431051786?s=20
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IPOB, founded in 2012 by Kanu, has constantly criticised the Muhammadu Buhari administration for what it calls ‘significant human rights issues’.
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