Human rights lawyer and political activist Dele Farotimi has said detained Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu was right in his assessment of Nigeria.

Farotimi made the statement in a video shared on X on Wednesday.

He argued that recent developments in the country had validated some of Kanu’s criticisms of Nigeria.

He stated that the Nigerian government’s failure to address systemic problems, coupled with what he described as the detention of critical voices while criminals remain at large, has contributed to worsening instability in the country.

“Nigeria has proven Nnamdi Kanu right at every point. I have no single argument against the facts that have been adduced by Nnamdi Kanu in his agitation against the Nigerian state, not one.

“And if you press a little further, I am today convinced that Nnamdi Kanu was 110% correct in his assessment of the Nigerian state.

“He was correct, but today he sat in a cell somewhere, and numerous murderers are walking around free. That is vindication. The man is correct. Nigeria encourages madness.

“If it does not listen to rational voices, it becomes inevitable that more extreme voices will be spoken in the language that Nigeria understands.

“I’ve had multiple occasions to address separatist agitators, both in Igboland, in Yoruba land, and elsewhere,” he said. (Daily Sun)