The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lambasted former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, describing his planned protest for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as an insult to the Igbo people.
In a strongly worded statement on Friday, the party’s spokesperson, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, accused Sowore of seeking cheap popularity through “political theatrics” and meddling in issues that do not concern him.
Oladejo said Sowore’s move to lead a protest march to the Presidential Villa on October 20 was another episode in his “endless pursuit of attention,” adding that his activism “trivializes serious national matters.”
“It is both baffling and laughable that Sowore, a man with no cultural or political connection to the Southeast, now parades himself as the rallying point of Ndigbo,” Oladejo said.
“It is sheer mockery and an insult to a people of deep intellect, courage, and history, for him to imagine he can speak for or lead Ndigbo at this time and age.”
The APC spokesman questioned Sowore’s motive, asking why he was “weeping more than the bereaved” on a matter already before the court.
> “Is this about justice, or merely another desperate audition for public relevance?” Oladejo queried.
“The same Sowore who chants democracy and rule of law now undermines both by inciting protests over a case that is before the judiciary.”
He accused the activist of being a “political wanderer in borrowed robes,” insisting that the Southeast does not need his kind of “social media dramatics.”
Oladejo stressed that matters before the court must not be tried on the streets, adding that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration remains committed to justice and national order through due process.
“In the final analysis, Sowore’s latest antics only expose his restlessness and craving for relevance,” he stated.
“The more he forces himself into every national conversation, the more obvious it becomes that he stands for nothing beyond his own noise.”
The APC urged Nigerians to ignore what it called Sowore’s “circus,” advising him to “stop playing the town crier of a village that never sent him on any errand.”
