Human rights activist and candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 and 2023 presidential elections, Omoyele Sowore, has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari, also tried several times to kill him.
Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow said this on Wednesday while reacting to a claim by Femi Adesina, former Special Adviser to Buhari on Media and Publicity, that Buhari said his government could have assassinated the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu but opted for his rendition from Kenya.
Adesina in his book titled, ‘Reflections of a Special Adviser, Media and Publicity (2015-2023),’ which was recently launched in Abuja, said Buhari chose to spare Kanu’s life when his government could have killed him.
According to the former presidential aide, Buhari disclosed this during a meeting he had with a delegation of some Igbo elders, who had pleaded for the release of Kanu following his extraordinary rendition and detention in custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) in Abuja.
Reacting to the revelation on Wednesday on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, Sowore said that apart from Kanu, Buhari also tried many times to kill him.
According to him, it will important to know how many Nigerians Buhari thought of assassinating while in power for eight years.
He wrote, “Apart from @MaziNnamdiKanu It will be important to know how many Nigerians @MBuhari had thought of assassinating while in power for the past 8 years!
“They tried to kill me many times. It’s mind boggling!”
