Omoyele Sowore, the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has publicly distanced himself from the emerging coalition of opposition figures aiming to challenge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.
Reacting to calls by human rights lawyer Deji Adeyanju urging him to join forces with the coalition, Sowore took to Facebook on Wednesday to denounce the group, which includes notable figures such as Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, David Mark, Nasir El-Rufai, and Abubakar Malami.
“I won’t be part of any coalition formed by looters. I did not join Atiku Abubakar in looting the Nigerian Customs dry,” Sowore wrote.
He accused:
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Atiku Abubakar of corruption during his tenure as vice president,
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David Mark of embezzling telecom funds and betraying pro-democracy movements during the June 12 crisis,
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Abubakar Malami of rights violations and public fund looting during the Buhari administration,
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Nasir El-Rufai of being responsible for Shiite killings and what he described as “genocide” in Southern Kaduna,
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And Peter Obi of facilitating corruption by allegedly clearing goods for Sani Abacha at the Tin Can Ports during the late dictator’s regime.
Sowore’s fiery rejection comes just hours after opposition leaders—including Atiku, Obi, and El-Rufai—met in Abuja to unveil their new political front under the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The coalition, spearheaded by former Senate President David Mark as interim chairman, is being positioned as a unified alternative to the APC in the next presidential race.
Sowore, a longtime activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, remains adamant that true reform cannot come from what he calls a “repackaging of the same corrupt elite.”
