Mr Sowore said he rejected the offer
A delegation led by Ismaila Isa-Funtua tried to talk Omoyele Sowore out of his call for revolution for which he was detained illegally for over four months in 2019, theMr Sowore recalled the incident in the wake of the death of Mr Funtua, a close associate of President Buhari and Second Republic minister, who died on Monday from suspected cardiac arrest., a sister platform of Sahara Reporters, he said the Mr Funtua-led emissary told him they had come to discuss his freedom from detention.
“Well, you are about find out that the people can defeat any government, no matter how powerful you guys think you’re,” he said he responded, enraged. Apart from the late Mr Funtua and Mr Obaigbena, others who took part in the botched negotiation included Sam Amuka, publisher of Vanguard Newspapers and presidential spokesperson Garba Shehu, Mr Sowore said.
“I was meeting all these men for the first time in my life. They said they had come discuss my freedom from detention, while I thanked them for their kind intervention. “I was enraged, and told him, ” Well, you are about find out that the people can defeat any government, no matter how powerful you guys think you’re.
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