The Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students (NANS) has introduced plans to stage a nationwide protest to demand the discharge of the detained IPOB chief, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
In response to NANS, the protest tagged “Free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu” will happen on Monday, October 20, 2025, with college students from all elements of the nation anticipated to converge on Abuja.
In an announcement signed by its Nationwide President, Comrade Atiku Isah, and dated October 13, 2025, the scholars’ physique mentioned the choice was reached after a gathering of its nationwide government council.
The deliberate protest is geared toward urgent for justice, civil rights, and democratic accountability in Nigeria.
“Following the decision reached on the latest government assembly of the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students (NANS), the management of NANS hereby calls on all Nigerian college students to take part within the ‘Free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’ nationwide protest scheduled to carry on Monday, twentieth October, 2025,” the assertion learn.
To make sure clean coordination, the affiliation revealed that college students from all geopolitical zones will assemble first of their regional centres earlier than transferring to the Federal Capital Territory.
The South West zone will meet in Ekiti State, South East in Enugu, South South in Edo, North East in Bauchi, North West in Kano, and North Central in Lokoja, Kogi State.
NANS added that ten buses have been offered for every zone to move college students to Abuja. The assertion additionally talked about that every one logistics shall be dealt with by way of College students’ Union Authorities (SUG) presidents throughout the varied campuses.
“This mobilisation is a part of the collective demand for justice, civil rights, and democratic accountability,” Isah said. “As college students, we affirm that freedom is achieved by way of wrestle, and we stay dedicated to peaceable advocacy for what is true.”
The decision for protest comes amid renewed agitation throughout the South East and past, following a number of courtroom judgments that declared Kanu’s continued detention illegal.
Human rights {groups} and Igbo socio-political our bodies have additionally urged the Federal Authorities to adjust to the rulings and launch him unconditionally.