SOWORE Shuns Ibadan Opposition Summit in Favour of New Alternative

The leader of the African Action Congress, AAC, OMOYELE SOWORE, has dismissed the Ibadan Opposition Summit, saying the same people who held the nation ransom for years cannot suddenly become the champion of progress and defenders of the people. Writing in a post on his social media handle, OMOYELE SOWORE said he was invited to the Ibadan “Opposition Summit” but he declined, noting that “there is no need to pretending 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.” SOWORE maintained that “Nigerians deserve a genuine alternative, not recycled failure”, stressing that not all Nigerians are suffering from amnesia. “For the avoidance of doubt, our revolutionary party, the African Action Congress (@aacparty), will not be part of any charade designed to recycle failed political actors under the guise of opposition” he stated. Instead, SOWORE said the AAC was committed to presenting a formidable, people-driven alternative, rooted in integrity, accountability, and genuine transformation. “We will mobilize Nigerians across the country to rally behind a credible vision that rejects the decadence and deception represented by both the @OfficialAPCNg and their opportunistic counterparts in ADC, PDP, Labour Party and elsewhere. “Nigeria does not need a rearrangement of the same broken pieces; it needs a complete break from the past.” In a separate post, the political activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters online tabloid declared that “These are not the times for neutrality. These are the times to take a stand that defies the old order and also the same old order now masquerading as something new.” OMOYELE SOWORE charged Nigerians to break the country free from recycle failure, lamenting that those struggling today are the ones still defending the very system that impoverished them.