“Protests Against Sowore Is a Distraction from the Truth” — Soneye AbdulAzeez

“Protests Against Sowore Is a Distraction from the Truth” — Soneye AbdulAzeez

A protest held in Abuja targeting human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has drawn sharp criticism from various quarters, including educationist and human rights advocate Soneye AbdulAzeez, popularly known as LAS.

The protest, which appeared to be organized by a group of individuals alleging that Sowore is engaged in the blackmail of politicians, has raised concerns about the growing trend of sponsored demonstrations aimed at discrediting outspoken activists.

Reacting to the protest in a public statement, LAS condemned the gathering, describing it as a “sponsored attempt to malign a truth-teller.” He wrote:

“So some sponsored people gathered in Abuja to protest against Sowore claiming he is blackmailing politicians. Among many names are Saraki, Iweala, Obi. Saraki himself took Sowore to court and lost because Sowore has evidence of his corruption. Obi has refused to sue and the Pandora Papers are in the public. Iweala can’t do either. Nigerians, it is left for you to choose the right side to stand by.”

The activist referenced several high-profile figures allegedly mentioned during the protest, including former Senate President Bukola Saraki, former Minister of Finance and current WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi. LAS noted that while Saraki once took legal action against Sowore, the case was unsuccessful, reportedly due to compelling evidence presented by the activist.

He also pointed to the Pandora Papers — a global investigation that exposed hidden offshore accounts and financial dealings of prominent individuals — as being in the public domain, implying that Obi and others have yet to challenge the allegations in court.

Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters, has long been a vocal critic of political corruption in Nigeria and has faced numerous legal battles and state-sanctioned crackdowns for his activism.

The protest and the reactions it has triggered has once again reveal the polarized political climate in Nigeria, where activists and whistleblowers often face intense pressure and coordinated campaigns aimed at undermining their credibility.

“Peter Obi’s Political Agenda Is ‘Another Corrupt Agenda in Disguise’”, Sowore

“Peter Obi’s Political Agenda Is ‘Another Corrupt Agenda in Disguise’”, Sowore

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has criticized Peter Obi’s stance on the protests against former President Goodluck Jonathan’s economic policies, describing it as “questionably dishonest” and even “outrightly DUMB.”

Sowore’s remarks, which were made in a recent statement on his social media handles, point to what he perceives as a contradiction in Obi’s approach to political protests and governance.

Sowore, an outspoken critic of Nigeria’s political leadership, raised significant concerns regarding Obi’s involvement in Jonathan’s administration and his apparent dismissal of protests against the latter’s policies. “He seems to imply that protests against Goodluck Jonathan’s economic policies were unnecessary, given his role as an ‘Economic Adviser’ in that administration. They were all supporting themselves by looting Nigeria dry, including the role of his Fidelity Bank assisting Diezani to move hard cold cash,” Sowore remarked.

The activist also questioned Obi’s current perspective on the regime of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, suggesting that if Obi believed protests were unwarranted under Jonathan, Tinubu’s handlers should adopt a similar stance. “If he believes protests are unwarranted under Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, why should Tinubu’s handlers not hold the same view? After all, they claim that their economic policies are for the good of Nigerians, even though our people are dying in droves, and they too have looted Nigeria dry in less than two years,” Sowore emphasized.

Sowore also pointed to Obi’s “Obidient” movement, which he said failed to take a stand on critical national issues, including the presidential election results and the #EndBadGovernance protests. He accused Obi and his movement of being inactive or complicit in the face of corruption, calling them “opportunists” who benefit from the struggles of others. “Notably, his Obidient movement did not protest the presidential election results, which they repeatedly claimed he won, nor did they participate in the #EndBadGovernance protests in 2024, claiming it was set up by ‘controlled opposition’,” Sowore stated.

He further criticized Obi for his silence during the fuel price hikes and his failure to oppose the Naira redesign policy, pointing out that Obi’s ally, former Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele, played a crucial role in the policy. “Even with the fuel price hikes he is speaking about here, there was not a time he ever led or encouraged Nigerians to oppose it,” Sowore added.

Sowore also called out Obi for his inability to initiate any meaningful action within his movement since its inception, accusing him of using the struggles of others for personal gain without taking any substantial steps to challenge systemic injustice. “Since the establishment of his GBAJUE ‘Obidient’ movement, not once has anything been done other than inaction or gaslighting other Nigerians, especially those who rightly didn’t support his political ambition/agenda,” Sowore noted. He claimed that Obi’s movement aimed to replace a corrupt set of politicians with his own “anointed set of corrupt opportunists,” some of whom have now returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Drawing a parallel to the #EndSARS movement, Sowore warned that Obi, like other politicians, was hoping to benefit from the “sweat and blood of others” without lifting a finger to challenge the injustice faced by ordinary Nigerians. “Like #EndSARS, he, Peter Obi, is hoping to benefit from the sweat and blood of others without a finger raised to challenge injustice even against his own ‘Obidient’ movement members. OPPORTUNISTS!” Sowore concluded.

“Lagos Deserves Leaders Who Deliver, Not Those Who Take” – AAC Secretary Declares

“Lagos Deserves Leaders Who Deliver, Not Those Who Take” – AAC Secretary Declares

Jegede Kehinde, the Lagos State Secretary of the African Action Congress (AAC), took to his social media handle on Wednesday to criticize the political leaders who have held power in Lagos for over two decades, condemning them for poor leadership and their failure to meet the needs of the people.

He urged residents to stop supporting these politicians, whom he said have failed to provide basic services such as security, healthcare, and quality education.

“You should be angry enough to stop supporting your enemies,” Kehinde began in his passionate address. “You should be annoyed enough to stop singing praise of your slave master.”

He further admonished the support for leaders who, according to him, have failed to deliver on key responsibilities such as safety, education, and healthcare.

“You should be angry enough to stop supporting someone who couldn’t provide security, health care, sound education,” he stated. “Nothing should make you to support people that remove subsidies from every essential service you should have enjoy as a citizen.”

The AAC secretary also urged voters to break away from tribal sentiment when making political choices, advocating instead for issue-based support.

“Stop deceiving yourselves in the name of tribe. Go for persons that care about you,” he said.

Concluding his remarks, Kehinde took a direct swipe at the current political establishment in Lagos, saying: “Stop supporting a wasteful 25 years officeholders in the State.”

2027: “Those Pushing Coalition Are Secretly Backing Tinubu,” Sowore

2027: “Those Pushing Coalition Are Secretly Backing Tinubu,” Sowore

Human rights activist and former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has fired back at Kenneth Okonkwo over his recent comments advocating for a political coalition ahead of the 2027 elections.

Okonkwo, in a statement published on Rueben Abati’s blog, claimed that anyone opposed to forming a coalition is an agent of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

In a sharp response, Sowore dismissed the coalition talk as a deceptive strategy, accusing Okonkwo and others of pretending to fight Tinubu while quietly working in his interest.

According to Sowore, many of the same figures pushing for unity among opposition parties are former members of the APC or have since aligned with the ruling party, making their intentions highly questionable, Sowore stated:

“They have resumed their gimmicks, meanwhile they are the ones @OfficialAPCNg is utilizing to eradicate genuine opposition to @officialABAT. @RealKenOkonkwo originated from @OfficialAPCNg, joined NgLabour party, and departed suddenly. Many of them, elected NgLabour personnel, joined OfficialAPCNg, not even those previously from OfficialPDPNig returned to their former allegiance. They are forming a spurious coalition, feigning interest in ousting a man they are all clandestinely supporting.”

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.

I Know I Will Win This Coming Presidential Election: Sowore

Sowore on channels tv, in an interview with roadmap has said he will win the presidential election comes 2023. Omoyele, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress said he will win the coming election because a lot of Nigerian people are tired of the bad system.

“A lot of people in their millions are tired of this old system of doing politics. They are tired of hunger, starvation, scarcity, terrorism, banditry, corruption in this country and they have indicated that they want to turn things around and I have presented myself to do so and I have made very powerful arguments wherever I have been given the opportunity.

“My credibility and consistency of thirty years can be attested to. Nigerians don’t want the same people who were governors for eight years and ruin their states. They don’t want people who have never stood up for anything. I have been standing up for the Nigerian people for most of my life and I have never been remunerated for it, and I am not looking for remuneration.

“I just want to keep doing what I know how to do best, which is to stand up for the people who are vulnerable in our society and those who may not be vulnerable but deserve a better place to live. Not everybody wants to leave Nigeria, some people want to stay. And there are so many people who leave
and later discover the grass is not as green as thought on the other side.

He said he is standing up for them and he believes, having been made and given the opportunity to present himself, Nigerians can see transparency through him and vote for a leader that can work for them .

“A leader that is capable, a leader that has integrity, a leader that believes in progress and prosperity for the country, a leader that has ideas and is able to present them and share them with many people.

“I don’t just think I will win, I know I will win. Because it will be a win-win for the Nigerian people and I believe they will take that decision sooner than later, he said.”

Any Experience That Carries Sacrifices Is More Important Than The One That Carries Remuneration

In an interview with the NTA, the presidential candidate of African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore has said he is more experienced than all of his opponents combined. Recounting his involvement in the past events he said, “I have been part of every event in this country from which there was a transition of governance to another.
“When I was a student leader, I was part of these people who fought, that is leadership. I was a leader who took bold steps to say military rule must end.

“It took us a while, there were bruises, i was detained at least eight times before i left nigeria, i was expelled twice and was almost killed at the university of lagos, i was poisoned at a time and after ten years in 1999, that process came to an end an we were victorious.

He said if he was a soldier, his name would have been written in Gold.
“If I were to be in the Nigerian army, having fought for ten years, I would have been given different titles. My shoulder would be filled with epaulets because I would have been a victorious soldier.

He mentioned his consistency in the involvement of the continuous transition of government

“After that I left the country, there was another transition that was needed which was from civilian to civilian transition which ended in 2007. I was one of the people who sent obasanjo off from becoming a third term president.

“I made another transition which was professional. I studied geography and planning at the university of lagos and ended up becoming a successful journalist.

He said these are the track records that people look at. Leaders who are dynamic, who can adapt and speak to issues, who can stand up for issues, who understand leadership, followership, who understand the issue affecting their people.

“I became a publisher in 2006, Sahara reporters became a global brand. I opted not to go to the world economic forum but i opted not to go to the world economic forum, i went to the world social forum instead to learn about social issues, land, resources, and when that ended there is another transition in this country that people didn’t take note of.

“We had a president that was voted into power in 2007 then, he was sick. This country was held to ransom by cabals behind that late president, and when the country was looking for people to resolve the problem, I came in handy, using sahara reporters to expose every part of the schemings behind.

“There was supposed to be a coup but the publication we did which is now confirmed by the former chief of army staff by that time thwarted the coup.

He said being experienced has nothing to do with being in power alone.

“It might just be that you are a great witness of history, it is a great experience because that helps you understand your country better. What serious countries call experience is not occupation of offices or power, it is character and capacity that the person must have developed himself over time, understanding the issues and solving problems, whether in the private or public sector.

“I have been of service to my country. I have been a public servant but as a citizen servant as opposed to a paid public servant.

“Any experience that carries sacrifices is more important than the one that carries remuneration.

“I am better experienced than most of them because I have sacrificed everything I could that I have, to become the leader that I have become today, he said.”

Whoever Says Nigeria Is Complex Hasn’t Been To Complex Societies: Sowore

The presidential candidate of African Action Congress, Omoyele sowore in an interview with NTA has refuted the popular saying that Nigeria is a complex state.
He said Nigeria is not as complex as people think. “Whoever says Nigeria is complex hasn’t been to a complex society.
“I have lived in the United States for 20 years and just one state in the US, Alaska, is bigger than nigeria. California is half of Nigeria, Texas is seventy five percent of Nigeria, these are just three states and there are fifty of those states managed by one person, the president of the us.

“But because we’ve been conditioned to believe that every problem is complex then we often refer to Nigeria as a complex place to govern. “I understand that there are two hundred and fifty different languages and several other tribes and cultures managed but that is not an excuse for anyone who wants to manage a state or a country within which you can get from one destination to another in an hour and fifteen minutes. I’ve been to countries that should typically be more complex than nigeria.

He said he has been to third world countries, peaceful countries, socialist countries, communist countries, capitalist countries and all of them are governed by one person.

He said solutions to the supposed complexity is what matters. “The moment we throw the complexity of a country as an excuse, we are not looking for a solution but a pity party.

“Leaders look for solutions and not to define complexity as something that cannot be overcome.
We have overcome different ages, from the stone age to a very computerized age and now we are in the age that is defined by artificiality, artificial intelligence.

He maintains that there is nothing complex about constructing a good road network from Lagos to maiduguri.
“It shouldn’t be complex to build hospitals nor be complex to finish Lagos ibadan expressway, the AAC flagbearer said.”

Omoyele Sowore Joins Lagos Marathon

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The presidential candidate of African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore participated in the just concluded marathon in Lagos.

He had earlier challenged all other presidential candidates to join the race in which none of them appeared.

However, his supporters came in their numbers to join him in the marathon race tagged #RunWithSowore.