Why Sowore? Adeola Soetan writes

Why Sowore? Adeola Soetan writes

Why Sowore? She asked.

 

She asked me for my prefered presidential candidate

 

My reply: I voted for Obafemi Awolowo, I voted Gani Fawehinmi, so you should know my prefered candidate.

 

She said “so you are voting for Sowore, why? But he can’t win he doesn’t have money and he should just remain an activist.

 

My response: Well, I’m not a bandwagon voter, I don’t vote for who and who people think will win. That’s the height of idiocy. I don’t like to use my finger to do myself and start regretting it later like how many Nigerians are regretting now for voting Buhari and APC. They promised them better governance from the odd past but they make today worse than yesterday. Facts speak for themselves.

 

I’m voting Sowore mainly because he’s the only one who didn’t say he would remove a non existent petrol subsidy. You can’t talk of subsidy when all your refineries are consciously destroyed and a huge amount of your crude oil stolen on daily basis running into billions of Naira. Even candidate Buhari himself in 2015 said correctly that there’s no oil subsidy, he described it as fraud. He was right, as a former petroleum minister and former head of state, he’s well experienced to know that there was no oil subsidy in the real sense of it but subsidizing corruption and inefficiency in government and passing the yoke to poor Nigerians who are now paying over N300 per litre of petrol from the N87/litre .Buhari is like a sheep that flocks with dogs, feces will be its best meal.

 

The first major protest I participated as a student activist in Great Ife was against the so-called “oil subsidy” removal in 1988 during Babangida regime. Myself & Yinka Odumakin took the protest posters to UI and Ibadan Poly for mobilisation. The risk of entering back to the heavily militarized campus through the bushy sewage area was much to bear in the night. And since then every succesive looting government has been talking of oil subsidy removal to punish the people as stealing and inefficiency continues in government.

 

Sowore is the only candidate that publicly declared his assets. Others didn’t. You can’t fight corruption by hiding your own wealth, the source, your assets and liability should be known and verified. I think that’s a simple public morality aspiring public officers should observe if we are serious about fighting corruption.

 

She interjected: Sho you don’t know politics. Activism is different from politics..

 

I asked, please what is politics? Brigandage, looting, killing and maiming. Vote buying and selling, election rigging, unprincipled acts of political survival. So you don’t know that great politicians like Awolowo, Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti, Margaret Ekpo, Mallam Aminu Kano, Nelson Mandela, Nnamdi Azikwe were activists and politicians. Madam, pls go and read your political history very well. Stop joining arrogant political illiterates who always spew rubbish that activism is different from politics just because they have been made to see politics in the wrong image of their rogue leaders. Pro-human politics is an extension of public good driven activism.

 

I asked her: Pls tell me your own understanding of politics for my enlightenment.

“Sho, .leave me alone, you are too opinionated, na you Sabi”

 

I asked again: “so you can’t tell me your own understanding of what you people call” politics? ”

 

” Goodnight Sho, pls leave me alone… ”

 

Adeola Soetan

Peace Committee Meeting: Sowore Protests Buhari’s Human Rights Abuses, Refuses To Stand Up For The Outgoing President

Peace Committee Meeting: Sowore Protests Buhari’s Human Rights Abuses, Refuses To Stand Up For The Outgoing President

The presidential candidate of African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore refused to stand up, amidst all the presidential candidates on their feets to honor the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mohammed Buhari while giving his closing remark.

 

The human rights defender said his refusal to stand up when Buhari was making his closing remark was a protest against the failure of the president of NIGERIA and his utter disregard for human rights and him being the worst President of Nigeria.

 

While other presidential candidates rose on their feets to honor the president, Sowore, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress stood his ground, sat down in protest.

Sowore’s Manifesto Is Progressive, and Should Be Supported Says SPN National Chairman, Endorses Sowore

Sowore’s Manifesto Is Progressive, and Should Be Supported Says SPN National Chairman, Endorses Sowore

The chairman of the Socialist party of Nigerian, Abiodun Bamigboye also known as Abbey Trotsky has said, Sowore’s manifesto is progressive and it should be supported.

Speaking at an event of the Democratic Socialist Movement on Saturday, 18th February, 2023, the SPN leader said, “Out of hopelessness, there would be a ray of hope. Omoyele Sowore to us in Democratic Socialist Movement is a ray of hope from the mass of the Nigerian working people in the coming election”.

 

Speaking further he said looking at Sowore’s program in 2019 compared to now, there has been a change that suits the taste of the Socialist Movement. 

 

“AAC manifestos is the political party among the 18 political parties that is going to be on the ballot for election that has declared and described itself as an anti imperialist party. I am not sure if any other party has come close to that.

 

“Every candidate must insist that the right to be educated cogitatively should be at the democratic right of nigerians.”

 

He said Sowore’s manifesto is progressive and it should be supported.

“Sowore’s programs are progressive programs that every right thinking socialist and marxists must support. 

The crisis in the electricity sector today, all of the candidates have maintained a criminal silence over it. 

 

“Sowore is the only candidate that has come out to say if he becomes the president of nigeria, he is going to reverse the anomalies we have as regards the electricity crisis. He said he is going to reverse the privatization of the power sector. 

 

Comrade Abbey Trotsky maintained that the problem of the power sector is never overcentralization but the lack of democracy in terms of management and its control. That explains the collapse of NITEL and OLD NEPA. 

Most of the individuals that constitute the boards were political appointees of the then governments and they were not answerable to the masses so as not to divide the authority of those who appointed them. 

 

“The fact that sowore has come to say that he is reversing that privatization and he is going to probe the process that leads to that privatization itself is a progressive decision that we feel we at dsm should identify with. 

 

He said he has met some people who said for that period Nigeria is going to be sanctioned, even now that Nigeria is not sanctioned, they are worse than sanctioned countries. These are some of the programmes we have identified with

His position on national questions is fantastic. 

 

He quoted the AAC presidential candidate saying, “Sowore said ethnic groups who feel they don’t want to be part of Nigeria should be accorded the right to go. the right to self determination would be respected on to the point of secession. He also recognised the fact that most people who are clamoring for separation felt cheated and their interest has been undermined.”

 

 If Nigeria today provides jobs for all youth, makes education free and affordable for all Nigerians, all of those agitating for secession will die a natural death.

 

He said It is on the basis of all of this that the SPN/DSM decided after a long debate, to be part of Sowore. 

 

“We hereby call on people to vote for Sowore because we know that a vote for Sowore will open up an avenue to begin conversation as to what socialism is and how to bring about a socialist government in Nigeria.  

 

We know that a vote for Sowore will open up a room for working relationships so as to begin to build a platform to resist all the problems that are facing us as a nation. To be able to do that, collective efforts are needed.”

Notice Of Suspension; AAC member, Ogun state..

Notice Of Suspension; AAC member, Ogun state..

Mr. Tanimowo Oyemade,

Address

 

Notice Of Suspension

 

Greetings from the Ogun State Working Committee of the African Action Congress, AAC. We hope this letter meets you well.

 

The state leadership of the party has been briefed about a very disturbing report of your anti-party activities as well as ploy to auction the party ticket for the highest of bidders. We were informed specifically of further plans to host a public event within the week where you will make such transactions in the name of our party. In the light of this, the state working committee in it’s emergency meeting resolved to place your membership of the party on suspension pending investigation by a fact finding panel which shall be constituted upon your receipt of this letter.

 

Forthwith, you are hereby suspended as a member of the African Action Congress, AAC. This suspension takes immediate effect, and hereby advised to refrain from further transactions on behalf of the party.

 

The general public is by this letter put on notice as the AAC will not be held liable for any dealings with Mr. Tanimowo Oyemade.

 

 

SIGNED:

 

*ADESINA AFOLABI*

AAC OGUN STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN

 

Secretary:

Why INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu Must Come Clean With Nigerians Regarding 2023 General Elections: Sowore

Why INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu Must Come Clean With Nigerians Regarding 2023 General Elections: Sowore


The AAC presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore in the gathering of INEC officials with political party leaders on Monday, February 13th, 2023, held in Abuja has advised the INEC chairman, yakubu mahmood to speak out now if the election won’t be conducted as planned.

He noted that the CBN would sabotage the electoral process through the current issue of currency circulatory crises.

He said, “In our last meeting, I proposed very strongly that before we grant the central bank of Nigeria the opportunity to handle sensitive material, we should meet with the board of CBN.

“That was my position at the last meeting. It was as if I was seeing into the future that the CBN will try everything they can to sabotage this election, while some did not agree because they had a deal with the CBN governor.

“Now , these same individuals are holding rallies in support of the CBN, holding press conferences in support of the negative and retrogressive money crises in the country.

He stated that the CBN has guaranteed some candidates adequate money just like they guarantee INEC, but INEC should understand that going outside the monetary policy and the budget of the country to guarantee cash is illegal.

He reminded them of the process for moving cash and if cash is moved outside that process, it is money laundering.

“Don’t let anybody promise you cash without the right process.

“Also you cannot deny the fact that people don’t have money to spend because according to INEC rules, i cant vote in abuja, i have to travel to ondo state to go and vote, he added.

He said to the INEC chairman that “There is a monetary crisis in this country and no matter what they are doing to assure you of protection, they have no power to protect you.

“You should worry about nigerian people out there who on the way to this place as i was coming this morning are queuing up in every bank available in the country.

“The fact there is no petrol, gasoline to move your materials around should bother you.

“This is the time to be an activist yourself, ” says Sowore to the INEC chairman, mahmood yakub.

He continued, “Just like the way apc has become activist now. They are the ones who cause the problems, they are the ones who are also activists acting against the problems because they want to distance themselves from the problem they created.

“They are smart in their own ways. They want to make sure that they are not punished for the president they elected.

He said INEC should look at the chance of feasibility to logistically hold this election and tell the public the truth.

“The whole country is looking up to you and you will be blamed if the election fails. Wear the garment of your conscience. If you feel you cannot hold the election, can’t cry out now.

“You have a historical duty to make this election work, if you think you are being sabotaged, cry out now.

Sowore then further asked the INEC chairman three questions.

If there is an election runoff, are you prepared for it? And if it’s true that you are prepared, which party is on your ballot paper?

How many people have collected their PVC as of today?

You have one hundred and seventy six polling units and one hundred and six million polling agents, which parties sufficed these polling agents?

Help us it breakdown, how many polling agents were submitted to your office per party so that we don’t end up with one million polling agents for one party and the rest parties are sharing five hundred thousand.

Leaders Of The PDP And APC Aren’t Different From Armed Robbers: Sowore

The presidential candidate of african action congress, Omoyele sowore in an interview with kaftan tv yoruba has said the leaders of the two major political parties can be likened to armed robbers. Speaking in Yoruba he said, “APC and PDP are parties managed by armed robbers”.

Discussing why he wants a positive transformation for nigeria, sowore stated that nigeria is not complex to handle, it just needs a true and visionary leader
He said Nigerian leaders are not capable, physically and mentally fit to lead the country and it is left for Nigerians to take charge to decide and free themselves. “I am more capable and fit than all of these people combined. I have got the visions and the ideas. I’m on a mission. If people who have the ideas and leadership skills are not voted for, things would keep getting worse, says sowore.

On naira redesignation, sowore said those who are incharge of monetary policies are thieves. “Changing of naira cannot curb corruption, it’s just to cause confusion and unnecessary drama. The money needed to be in circulation is over 2.7trillion and their capacity is 350 billion, that’s where the problem is. The bank attendants are receiving less amounts of money while the bank mobile applications cannot send money because of the scarcity. Changing money to stop politicians from buying votes is false, Sowore stated.

Addressing his supposed relationship with Tinubu, the presidential candidate of AAC also for the umptenth time debunked the rumor of being an ally with the presidential candidate of all progressive congress, asiwaju bola ahmed tinubu. He said it was a cheap blackmail to taint his image.

The AAC presidential candidate has also commended NUC for giving students the chance to participate in elections. He maintained his position that the majority of voters identified as students, and it is right for them to be allowed to travel to vote. Had electoral voting been introduced, it would have been stress free, sowore added..

On employment and education, the AAC flagbearer said without power, industrialization is inevitable. “ we have to generate enough electricity to be able to industrialize and create employment opportunities and also fund education adequately and fundamentally”.

Electoral Act Empowering INEC As Major Decision Makers For Parties Is Not Democratic: Sowore

The Presidential Candidate of African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore has criticized the new electoral act for having a deficit that got the senate president declared in an election where he never contested for its primary election.

He challenged the Nigerian lawmakers at the national assembly public hearing on the “Electoral Act 2022” saying they had made it possible to be taken advantage of by the judiciary.

“I want to say regarding this that the electoral act has a lacuna that is being exploited by the judiciary. We are all aware that even though the electoral process has been closed, courts are still giving conflicting judgements regarding candidates in this election including some candidates that didn’t even participate in primaries that have been imposed on inec as we speak, one of them is your president here, he said.

The AAC Presidential Candidate also condemned the electoral acts that empower INEC to become a major decision maker for parties, saying it is not a democratic electoral act.

“An electoral act that also empowers inec to become a major decision maker for parties is not a democratic electoral act.

He made mention of how parties are being deregistered at will and urged the senate to look into it.

He said, “The senate should look directly into how to curb inec power to deregister parties because that does not promote democracy at all. Parties are registered and participating in elections and whenever inec likes, they deregister them and they may shut out very serious ideological parties. I am afraid that if they are allowed to do that, some of our parties might become victims of this excellent but draconia power of inec.

Sowore pointed out how incapable the INEC live servers have been and its inability to handle queries in national elections unless the ICT department of INEC creates a solid website that can carry out encrypted messages from polling units.
“They don’t have strong servers, they don’t have the ability to connect to as many queries coming to it instantly the way other websites should function, he said.

INEC LAGOS ENGAGING MC OLUOMO? WHAT A JOKE TAKEN TOO FAR!

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We are shocked that the Lagos State chapter of INEC have decided to throw caution into the whirlwinds by concluding to contract the distribution of sensitive elections materials to the Lagos State Parks Management led by Musiliu Akinsanya AKA MC Oluomo.

The African Action Congress (AAC) strongly believe this is a joke taken too far. For obvious reasons that the Park Management and MC Oluomo are open members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and particularly the failed ruling party’s presidential candidate; Ahmed Bola Tinubu.

We want to ask Professor Mahmood Yakubu whether Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Commissioner in Lagos is still a staff of INEC or a usurper of it’s avowed directives. We recall that Prof Yakubu promised at the infamous Chatham House conference that INEC will do everything within it’s powers to make sure the elections is not rigged. So, how come a notorious thug and imposed ruler of the Motor Parks is now the one to handle the logistics of the February 25th Elections?

Is Professor Yakubu and Mr Olusegun Agbaje of INEC telling Lagosians that we should not bother to vote anymore?
Or is Mr Agbaje not aware that Tinubu openly confessed how the 2015 Elections in Lagos were rigged in favour of current Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu? The video is in the public!

What MC Oluomo and the neo-fascist Parks Management would do is to send ballot materials to only APC strongholds, and disenfranchise other Lagosians. Where the votes are against Tinubu and Sanwo-Olu; they would simply do “Korope”; as Tinubu noted in the leaked rigging video, to sort of ballot boxes where they have lost. And only deliver ballot boxes that favour APC to the collation center.

We want to warn INEC not to burn this elections. AAC will mobilize Nigerians to reject all impunity. We will resist all forms of rigging and stand with Lagosians and Nigerians in their plans to destroy the greedy self-proclaimed landlords of Lagos.

With the current pains and hardships in fuel crises, Naira scarcity, and high cost of living, the APC is yet ashamed of the mess they have put all Nigerians. They believe they can march our heads in the mud and also openly and brazenly rig elections.

The masses will rise very soon to massively protest the madness economic hardships imposed by Buhari and Emefiele, while they will also jettison the fake messiahs in Labour Party who are now openly and shamelessly supporting the wickedness of the CBN, banks, oil Marketers, and the Buhari government. AAC has been clear from the beginning that APC/PDP/LP/NNPP are all four fingers of the leprous hands of the fascist and failed primitive and barbaric capitalist system being forcefully piloted by Buhari.

We therefore give Mr Olusegun Agbaje, and Professor Mahmood Yakubu 48 hours to reverse all the plans to allow the APC through MC Oluomo to have unfettered access to the sensitive elections materials, with serious apologies.

We also call on INEC to immediately transfer Mr Olusegun Agbaje away from Lagos. Most political parties, especially the AAC cannot trust Mr Agbaje to lead the Lagos elections free and fair.

We want to finally urge Lagosians to be ready for #IrapadaEko, where a greenhorn political party that stands with Lagosians under the rains and in the sun for the past four years, would be voted in. Akeem Olayiwola and Ben Eze are disciplined members of the only socialist party on the ballot: the African Action Congress (AAC) whose presidential candidate is Comrade Omoyele Sowore.

AAC has been fighting alongside Lagosians in all of their travails in the hands of police, land grabbers, Iyalojas, LASTMA, and the ruinous greedy government at Alausa. A vote for AAC is a vote for #RevolutionNow!

Towolawi Jamiu,
Spokesperson,
AAC Lagos State Campaign Council.

Our Goal In The AAC Is To Phase Out Major Political Parties Creating Environmental Problems: Sowore

The presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in the presidential debates with his opponents on climate change and environmental concerns has said if people properly live their lifestyles, no harm would be done to the environment.

The AAC flagbearer, Omoyele Sowore while fielding questions on environmental issues has said their goal in AAC party is to also challenge the people creating environmental problems in this course of addressing the problems..

“Our goal in our party, the African Action Congress is not only to address environmental problems but also to phase out the major political parties in Nigeria that are creating environmental problems particularly the APC and PDP and their overflow party.

He urged the students to find it in their hearts to make sure to elect the right people to govern the country, people who are versatile and can interact at least with students.

He said most people think when issues of environments are being discussed, the discussion revolves around environmental sanitation, houses or growing of foods alone. Whereas the environment determines the climate changes and vice versa.

“Our lifestyles, if properly done, cannot harm the environment.
When Ken Saro Wiwa stood up and challenged the government and the international companies, it came to most people’s awareness that the Niger Delta region is not only being destroyed but the activities of the oil drilling companies are also destroying the ozone layer above our heads.

He mentioned that Nigeria has had a major flood that has killed people and the problems are being left unnoticed and unaddressed.

Sowore, who is the only geographer among the presidential candidates, said there is a comprehensive way in dealing with environmental crises affecting the people.

He said one of the ways is to generate sustainable living in the country and it starts with generating electricity with all other sources that can be provided to achieve that. “We are going to jettison the use of fossil fuel in this country.

He also stated that oil resources are the biggest source of crime in the world. The biggest criminals are those who drill oil because they don’t only kill people, they also kill the environment.

He said he will as the president of nigeria ensure a law that will punish environmental pollutants.