My Political Ambition Is Not The Conventional Pursuit Of Power – Sowore

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has responded after the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate Donald Duke said that he was unsure whether the activist is running for office in the 2027 presidential election. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Thanking Duke for describing him as a voice of conscience, Sowore confirmed that he is contesting the presidential election next year.

He concluded by saying that his presidential ambition differed from the conventional pursuit of political office.

His words, “Dear Donald Duke, thank you for describing me as a ‘voice of conscience’ and acknowledging that I say the things others in politics are too ‘civil’ to say, even when they know those things are true.

But let me clear up your uncertainty, and this is important for posterity: I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN 2027.

In fact, INEC’s final list released has Omoyele Sowore as the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), just as it has Donald Duke as the candidate of the PRP.

Perhaps what makes my candidacy difficult for some members of Nigeria’s political establishment (including yourself) to understand is that I am not running for office in the conventional sense of seeking power for its privileges, appointments or access to the national treasury.

We, in the AAC are running to fundamentally change Nigeria.

We are running to dismantle the rotten political order that has kept our people poor while enriching a tiny ruling class.

We are running for equal rights, revolutionary justice, a living wage, free and quality education, decent healthcare, security, electricity, housing and a country that finally works for its people.

And that is precisely why we will not disappear into an ‘opposition coalition’ whose principal ambition is merely to replace Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu with another member of the same establishment.

So, my dear Mr. Former Gov. Duke, there should be no confusion, yes, I am a voice of conscience, yes, but that voice is also on the ballot. See you on the campaign trail!

By the way, consider yourself lucky that you arrived late to the presidential debate at the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt. I would have cleared your doubts by now.”