AAC’s 2023 presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore declined an invitation to Saturday’s National Opposition Summit in Ibadan, Oyo State, labeling it a rebranding effort by discredited politicians evading accountability for corruption and stagnation.
Coalition Aims for 2027 Unity
The gathering united leaders from ADC (chaired by ex-Senate President David Mark), PDP faction under Kabiru Turaki, and NNPP, agreeing to field a single presidential candidate against APC in 2027, hosted by Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde.
Sowore’s Criticism
On X Sunday, Sowore argued Nigerians need a “genuine alternative, not recycled failure,” refusing AAC involvement in what he called a “charade” by entrenched figures from APC, PDP, Labour, and ADC. He pledged focus on integrity-driven transformation.
“I declined the Ibadan ‘Opposition Summit’. Nigerians deserve a genuine alternative, not recycled failure,” he wrote.
Sowore said he saw no reason to pretend that the same political actors who contributed to the country’s problems could now claim to be defenders of the people.
There is no need to pretend that the same men (and a few women) who held Nigeria to ransom for years, presiding over stagnation, corruption, and systemic decay, can suddenly reinvent themselves as champions of progress,” he said.
The Sahara Reporters publisher added that the AAC would not be part of what he described as a political charade aimed at recycling failed politicians under the guise of opposition politics.
He said the party remained committed to building a people-driven alternative rooted in integrity, accountability and genuine transformation.
Sowore also stated that the AAC would mobilise Nigerians across the country to support what he called a credible political vision that rejects both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and opposition parties he described as opportunistic
According to him, Nigeria’s political challenges require a decisive break from existing structures rather than a rearrangement of the same political actors.
