Sowore Reveals Reasons For Avoiding Ibadan Opposition Summit

Omoyele Sowore, an activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, has explained why he declined an invitation to attend an opposition summit in Ibadan, Oyo State, stating that Nigerians should have a real alternative instead of what he called “recycled political figures.”

Sowore disparaged the gathering in a post posted on X on Sunday, claiming that many of the attendees had previously held positions of authority and contributed to the nation’s present problems.

He wrote;

“I was invited to attend the so-called ‘Opposition Summit’ in Ibadan, but I declined.”

“There is no need to pretend that the same men (and a few women) who held Nigeria to ransom for years, presiding over stagnation, corruption, and systemic decay, can suddenly reinvent themselves as champions of progress or defenders of the people. Not all Nigerians are suffering from amnesia.”

“For the avoidance of doubt, our revolutionary party, the African Action Congress, will not be part of any charade designed to recycle failed political actors under the guise of ‘opposition.”

“Instead, we are committed to presenting a formidable, people-driven alternative, one rooted in integrity, accountability, and genuine transformation.”

“We will mobilise Nigerians across the country to rally behind a credible vision that rejects the decadence and deception represented by both the All Progressives Congress and their opportunistic counterparts in ADC, PDP, Labour Party and elsewhere,” he said.