Omoyele Sowore, the former Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s government for linking nationwide protests to alleged plans to overthrow the administration.
Sowore deemed the government’s stance hypocritical, noting its instruction for Nigerians to postpone their grievances until the 2027 election cycle.
This follows the government’s response to the #EndBadGovernance protests, where demonstrators were advised to wait until 2027 to express discontent at the polls.
Following the #EndBadGovernance protests, several demonstrators faced arrest and court charges for purportedly attempting to topple the Tinubu government. Addressing the #FearlessInOctober protest in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Tuesday, Sowore refuted claims of any plans to overthrow the government.
Sowore highlighted the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) own protest history, citing the Occupy Nigeria demonstrations held in 2012 while the party was in opposition. “The APC protested in 2012, three years before the 2015 election. They didn’t wait. They’re simply hypocrites,” Sowore stated.
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