Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has declared interest in running for the 2027 presidential election on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC).
PrimeTimes Nigeria reports that Sowore made this declaration on Friday while responding to questions during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme.
Sowore stressed that while he plans to contest in the forthcoming election, the party will also make their decision.
When asked if he would be the sole candidate of the party, Sowore said, “Let the party decide.
“I plan to contest the 2027 presidency. We have not finally submitted list of online registered members. And that’s what the court judgment said.
“So, if you have submitted now, the court says you can reopen your portal and start again. We never stopped anyway.
“Our party started online registration in 2018 when no party was doing it. In 2022, they asked everybody to submit their register. We were the only party that submitted a complete party register to INEC.”
Meanwhile, Sowore recently slammed the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over a promise to deliver massive votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
Akpabio made the promise during the consultation with critical stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Government House, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where Governor Umo Eno formally consulted party members on his return bid to the Government House in 2027.
A statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, Akpabio, was quoted as saying, “The event of today shows that Governor Eno is a peaceful governor, a man of God in words and in deeds.
“His peaceful disposition and ability to carry everybody along have given us the assurance that, in the South-South geo-political zone, Akwa Ibom will deliver the highest number of votes.
“Despite the fact that he has no one challenging him for the sole ticket of the party, he is humble enough to still consult party members and critical stakeholders in the state. That is very instructive of the kind of person he is.
Reacting to the statement in a post via his 𝕏 handle, Sowore accused Akpabio of padding votes in 2019 to claim victory for himself, stressing that the professor involved in the manipulation ended up in jail.