The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore has debunked reports that Professor Wole Soyinka is dead.
There are rumours on social media alleging that the Nobel Laureate died on Friday.
But Sowore took to his Facebook page to debunk the rumour.
He wrote: “Nothing wrong with Prof. Wole Soyinka, he is alive and kicking. Kindly ignore rumours of his death”!
The presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has been expelled by the party for allegedly hoodwinking the public and collecting money from unsuspecting victims.
This was made known in a statement signed by the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Leonard Nzenwa, and made available to journalists in Abuja.
Leonard further stated that since June 02, 2022, the ‘expelled’ Omoyele Sowere, allegedly commenced working with some forces within and outside the party with the aim to disarray the party, stating that, “it wouldn’t see the light of the day even as the party remains civil, responsible and law-abiding.”
Our next push is to ensure that his name is delisted as our great party’s National Chairman
According to him, “Many mistook this elevated approach of ours as being weak and wondered why we did not adopt the crude and thuggish mannerism of the perpetual lawbreaker and out-of-favour character that cyberstalk everybody in the country for cheap popularity and monetary gains.
“Fact is, his expulsion from the party with his ills is for this same reason and will do the party no good to embrace such despicable behaviour from an individual that nobody would want to relate with.
“In our resolve, therefore, to remain civil and law-abiding in the face of the onslaught from enemies of our great party, we set out first during this period to establish the genuineness of the court judgment which he claimed gave him victory which was a big lie.
“The second thing we did was to counter him and his troop legitimately in court which is still ongoing, and they are literally scampering for safety now!
“Following from above we now directed effort at ensuring that his name was removed as our great party’s presidential candidate, this we also achieved.
“Our next push is to ensure that his name is delisted as our great party’s National Chairman and transmit all our candidates that emerged from our nationwide primaries. We are not relenting on this end.
“All Leaders and State Chairmen are therefore directed to be on high alert as they can be called upon at any time. Finally, we wish to thank all party faithful(s) for their prayers and support”, Leonard added.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has hit out at his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi for being corrupt and part of the rotten system.
Sowore stated this while speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, Friday night.
He said, “Peter Obi is part of the old system that I’ve always fought against. I understand where he is coming from.
“This is 1999 repeating itself – Nigerians want change, some young people are genuinely interested in change to a different direction, and then they are presented with somebody who worked for the establishment; somebody who has been in the Peoples Democratic Party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, came back to the PDP, and now in the Labour Party. We can be emotional about it but that’s the truth.
“He’s not new to the rotten system. Somebody who was Anambra’s governor for eight years. He didn’t build any schools, he didn’t build any industry, he didn’t build a power station. He’s not my kind of progressive.”
Barrister Abubakar Marshall, lawyer and Surety to human rights activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, for failing to produce his client after bail.
Recall that Sowore, the publisher of SaharaReporters was on February 24, 2022 arrested by the police following an alleged publication of false news against a former House of Representatives member, Prince Ned Nwoko.
Nwoko had petitioned the Nigeria Police Force against Sowore over alleged criminal defamation, injurious falsehood publication of news known to be false contrary to section 391, 392, 393, 394, 395, and 418 of the Penal code of Northern Nigeria.
Sowore was, however, granted an administrative bail through his lawyer Abubakar Marshall but failed to return to the police afterwards.
Confirming the arrest, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, explained that Sowore’s lawyer, who stood as Surety for the bail, was arrested and charged to court following his failure to produce the suspect.
“This is inline with standard best practices,” Adeh added.
Presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore, has revealed his plans for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Sunday Igboho, Yoruba Nation agitator, if he becomes the President of Nigeria in 2023.
The Publisher of Saharareporters, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, said he would release all political prisoners.
He explained that Kanu, Igboho, and other political detainees are held illegally.
Sowore insisted that those agitating for self-determination should not be imprisoned.
He said, “As soon as I am sworn in on June 12, 2023, I will release all political detainees, particularly Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho.
“People who are asking for self-determination should not go to prison. Those in the Diaspora must also be given the right to vote during the election.
“We will not encourage those who put them in prison; they should be rehabilitating prisons now because they may have to spend some time there as well.”
Kanu is detained by the Department of State Services, DSS, after he was rearrested in repatriated from Kenya.
He was picked up for agitating for the actualization of Biafra.
Meanwhile, Igboho is detained in Benin Republic.
He was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in Cotonou while attempting to travel to Germany.
Igboho had fled Nigeria for Benin Republic, after the DSS declared him wanted over the discovery of weapons in his house in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The Yoruba Nation agitator, however, denied owning the weapons discovered in his residence.
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Monday added his voice to the calls on the police to fish out the killers of Mr Olajide Sowore, younger brother of publisher and rights activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore.
Olajide, a student of Igbinedion University in Edo, was reportedly killed by suspected kidnappers on Saturday on the Lagos-Benin Expressway.
In statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode in Ado-Ekiti, Fayemi described the killing as unfortunate.
Fayemi urged the police to urgently find the killers and rescue five people reportedly abducted by them.
According to him, killing of innocent citizens is a cause for concern.
“It is time security agencies, with the support of the citizens, put an end to this wastage of precious lives.
“My sincere condolences go to the Sowore family, especially the brother of the deceased, Omoyele Sowore,” he said.
Fayemi, also the Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum, urged security agencies to intensify efforts in tackling insecurity.
He advised Nigerians to volunteer information that would help security agencies to tackle insecurity.
The police on Sunday said that they were combing forest to arrest the killers of Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ Publisher and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore.
The Edo Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Kontongs Bello, gave the assurance in Benin while addressing newsmen.
Suspected kidnappers shot dead Sowore in Okada, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, “It has become very necessary for the police to inform the general public that the police are on top of the situation since the incident happened yesterday (Saturday) at about 6:45a.m.
“Bush combing has started yesterday and the Commissioner of Police, Mr Philip Ogbadu, has directed that all the tactical teams and the Divisional Police in Okada join hands in combing the forest.
“The local vigilantes in Okada, the police team from the state headquarters and the divisional police in the area are all together combing the bush to arrest the perpetrators and also rescue five others who are still with the kidnappers.
The statement said Sowore was not one of the occupants of a commercial bus, belonging to a private company, that got spoilt at about 2:00 a.m. and which became the target for the kidnappers.
“Sowore, who was coming from Okada and was going towards Benin, was just a victim whom they tried to stop and he refused and they shot at his car.
“The Commissioner of Police is doing everything possible to ensure that these people are arrested and those kidnapped are rescued,“ the statement said.
The statement said that the kidnappers have yet to establish contacts with the family of their victims.
Suspected herdsmen have killed Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher Omoyele, the activist said in a statement.
Omoyele Sowore said his brother was killed by armed men suspected by witnessed to be herdsmen while travelling between Benin and Ondo on Saturday morning.
He was studying pharmacy at Igbinedion University, Mr Sowore said, decrying his brother’s loss as a huge one for his family and friends.
A spokesman for the police in Akure did not immediately return a request seeking comments from Peoples Gazette on Saturday morning.
The development came as southerners are pushing to restrict herdsmen activities across the region. On Thursday, Ondo became the latest state to adopt a law against open grazing when Governor Rotimi Akeredolu signed the state’s anti-open grazing bill into law.
The state has witnessed repeated deadly attacks linked to herdsmen. In 2019, Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti, was killed by suspected herdsmen along the same route where Mr Sowore was killed today. The police said they had made arrests in connection to Mrs Olakunrin’s death, both no suspect has been convicted to date.
Mr Sowore described his late brother as selfless and industrious, saying his demise would leave a void in the prominent Ondo family.
“You lived your life so that everyone could be alright but now assassinated by everything that’s not alright!” the publisher said.
Popular rights activist, Omoyele Sowore and others arrested during a protest at the Federal High Court, Abuja have been released.
The activists had staged a protest in solidarity with leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, who is undergoing trial.
A few hours after their arrest, the ‘Buhari-Must-Go’ activist announced he had been released alongside others.
He said: “They have just released us. They dragged, harassed and beat us.
“They took us to the Federal Secretariat Police Station. I told them that they have no right to arrest me.
“I have a right to observe the trial of Nnamdi Kanu. They took our cards and deleted all recordings.”
Reacting, the Coalition of Civil Society condemned the arrest of Sowore and other supporters of the detained IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu.
He said: “We condemn this attack as part of the continuous descent of the country into a brutish state of military repression.
“It is completely unacceptable and we enjoin all Nigerians interested in preserving this country’s hard-earned democracy to condemn this attack on the press, on activists and lawyers today at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
“Today’s protest, as a legitimate action, has been heavily repressed by policemen and the DSS that pick protesters into a fleet of waiting “police vans”.
“This is another example, in a hundred, of the contempt the regime of Major General Buhari (Rtd.) has for the Constitution or the Rule of Law.
“We demand a public apology from the Nigeria police and DSS for this ridiculous and unprofessional action taken against Omoyele Sowore, other journalists and IPOB activists and we ask that proper disciplinary measures be taken on those security officers involved.
“It’s important for you to note that demonstrations and protests are a global phenomenon and are a part of the development of any society.”
The police had arrested him for suspecting he and his supporters were around the court environment to disturb public peace.
After his release, Sowore was seen around the court premises with other youths.