Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed the reason behind his decision to skip the recent opposition political parties' summit held in Ibadan, Oyo State.
In a post on his official X account on Sunday morning, Sowore explained that he turned down the invitation because he believes Nigerians deserve a genuine alternative, not recycled failure.
“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,” he wrote.
The human rights activist emphasized that not all Nigerians are suffering from amnesia. He stated unequivocally that the AAC will not participate in any charade designed to recycle failed political actors under the guise of opposition.
Sowore reaffirmed the AAC's commitment to presenting a formidable, people-driven alternative rooted in integrity, accountability, and genuine transformation. He said the party will mobilize Nigerians across the country to rally behind a credible vision that rejects the decadence and deception represented by both the All Progressives Congress (APC) and their opportunistic counterparts in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and elsewhere.
According to him, Nigeria does not need a rearrangement of the same broken pieces; it needs a complete break from the past.
