DSS arrests Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 presidential election, Mr. Omowole Sowore, has been arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services. According to the Punch, his publishing outfit, Sahara Reporters, broke the news. According the Online medium, DSS operatives arrested Sowore in the early hours of Saturday at about 1.25 a.m. It added that Sowore was picked up at his apartment in the early hours of Saturday. Sowore posted a distress tweet at exactly 1:25 am with an eyewitness confirming that his phone was forcefully taken from him.
Court Stops Omoyele Sowore From Parading Self As AAC National Chairman
Justice Iyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained the suspended national chairman of the African Action Congress, AAC, and the presidential candidate of the party in the last presidential election, Mr Omoyele Sowore to stop parading himself as the national chairman of the party. The court also ordered the deputy national chairman of the party, Mr Malcolm Fabiyi, to stop parading himself as deputy national chairman. The court restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from further recognizing the suspended chairman, pending the determination of the motion on notice. The newly sworn in acting chairman of
INEC Rejects Omoyele Sowore’s Suspension By Some AAC Members
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the suspension of the National chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC) by some aggrieved members of the party. In a letter signed by Mrs Rose Anthony, the Commission said it will continue to recognise and relate with Mr. Sowore Omoyele as the substantive National Chairman of AAC. INEC said in the letter that there was no minutes or evidence of attendance of any meeting by AAC National Executive Committee Members where Sowore and eight members of the party were purportedly suspended. In a letter dated 14th May 2019, the commission said
Omoyele Sowore Emerges Presidential Aspirant of AAC
Omoyele Sowore has emerged the presidential flag-bearer of the African Action Congress (AAC) for the 2019 general election. This was announced on Saturday at the AAC national convention, held at Duplex Plaza, CMD, Shangisha, Lagos. Accepting the unanimous decision by party delegates, Sowore thanked the crowd for supporting the aspiration to build a new Nigeria. According to Sahara Reporters, he said: "We must work to realise the dream of a new Nigeria, where we would be able to send our children to school and where the black man will be proud of the Nigerian nation. We must say enough is
Nigerians Still In Love With Their Oppressors- Former Ghanaian President
Jerry John Rawlings, former Head of State and President of Ghana, has said that Nigerians are still in love with their ‘oppressors.’ Daily post reported that Rawling gave the statement during a closed-door meeting with 2019 presidential aspirant, Omoyele Sowore, in Accra, Ghana. A statement on Thursday by Rachel Onamusi-Kpiaisi, Director, PR, Media and Communications of the Sowore 2019 Campaign Organization, said both men spoke on a wide range of issues that bordered on youth and leadership in Africa, and about corruption and effective solutions to the menace. The statement reads in part: “It was a closed-door meeting, but one of
800m Trek: Omoyele Sowore Mocks Buhari, Atiku,
--Says I ran NYC marathon race in 2017 and finished under 4hrs Omoyele Sowore has taken to his tweeter page to mock President Muhammadu Buhari and his followers for celebrating 800 meters walk yesterday as a sign of fitness to serve a second term in office as the president of Nigeria. He also mocked former vice-president Atiku Abubakar for celebrating 1 mile walk on a treadmill a few hours later that President Buhari broke the news of his 800 meters walk. Sowore, a presidential aspirant, said that in 2017, he ran an NYC marathon race and finished under 4hours, saying that, it is
INEC Approves Omoyele Sowore New Political Party
The director says: Our party’s slogan will be – Take it Back – Action.” - party appeals to all youth to join the progressives across all states. A new political party belonging to Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (ACC), has been registered by the electoral commission. The Nation Newspaper reported that its director, Dr. Malcolm Fabiyi, said in a statement: “Our movement’s political platform was announced as one of the newly registered political parties by INEC.” He added: “With our own dedicated party platform, we are now able to match up a pace setting movement with a transformative political
