Sowore Names Top Politicians, Others Fuelling Planned Nationwide Protests

Democracy activist, social critic and publisher of SaharaReporters, Omolele Sowore, has said that political leaders led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu are the ones pushing Nigerians to the brink of rioting.

Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 elections, specifically said that President Tinubu, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas were the major people pushing Nigerians to revolt.

Sowore, who took to his X handle on Sunday, July 21, 2024, released names of some public office holders he said were allegedly pushing and forcing Nigerians to revolt through nationwide protests.

Sowore, who is a known #RevolutionNow activist also alleged that President Tinubu’s appointees and the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu and the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Yemi Cardoso were part of those pushing Nigerians to the brink of rioting.

Sowore then dropped the bomb shell saying; “This is the list of those inciting the public to riot, they are as follows:

“1. Ahmed Bola Tinubu: For engaging in massive corruption, election rigging, and destroying the middle and lower class by terrible economic policy decisions since coming to power on May 29th 2023.

“2. Senator Akpabio and House of Reps Speaker for leading the most useless Senate and HOR.

“3. Yemi Cardoso- CBN Gov/ for destroying the value of the Naira.

“4. IG of Police, Egbetokun: for reducing the police to a corrupt and irredeemable national institution.

“5. Chairman of EFCC: For letting corruption flourish by ignoring real financial criminals while going after inconsequential low-level crooks.

“6. GMD of NNPC: for stealing over $3.8 billion through subsidy scam.

“7. The Chief of the Nigeria Army: For conniving with bandits and terrorists through outright sabotage of national security.

“8. The Chief of the Nigerian Navy for conniving with crude oil thieves to deny Nigerians of crude sales and revenue.

“9. The Comptroller General of Customs for conniving with cross-border criminals to deny Nigeria billions of dollars in excise and duties.

“10. The judges who receive bribes to pervert the course of justice across our courtrooms.

“11. Chairman, @inecnigeria for organizing the unconscionable elections that brought all these criminals into power.”