The 2027 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the seven-year prison sentence handed to a Kano man for advertising cannabis for sale on social media, describing it as “jungle justice.”
Sowore, in a statement posted on his X handle on Tuesday, called for the immediate suspension of the judgment against Ashiru Idris pending an appeal.
He also urged the Kano State Government to conduct a judicial review of the case.
“I strongly condemn what I consider to be jungle justice against this young man, Ashiru Idris, by a Kano State High Court judge for merely advertising the sale of cannabis,” he said.
He argued that Nigeria’s justice system required urgent reform, saying courts often imposed harsher punishments for non-violent offences than for more serious crimes.
“This is why I have consistently argued that Nigeria’s justice system requires urgent reform. Too often, our courts appear to
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