2027: Sowore accuses Peter Obi of ‘renting’ NDC for election, criticizes party

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing Peter Obi of using political parties as temporary platforms during election seasons.

Sowore alleged that Obi’s political moves were not intended to liberate Nigerians but to help the ruling establishment divert public anger and escape accountability ahead of the 2027 general elections.

In a statement posted on X, the AAC candidate also accused the NDC of exploiting the political process for financial gain.

He claimed that the party’s leaders generated ₦9 billion from the sale of nomination forms while allegedly operating the party from their private residences.

However, the allegations were presented by Sowore, and no independent evidence was provided in the statement to substantiate the claims.

“The same opportunists and packaged political frauds who made ₦9 billion from selling nomination forms while running a political party from their living rooms,” Sowore wrote, referring to the NDC.

He described Obi as an unprincipled politician who, according to him, changes political platforms ahead of elections without offering a genuine challenge to the political establishment.

“This is the problem with unprincipled politicians like Peter Obi, who rent political parties every election season, not to liberate Nigerians, but to…. divert public anger and evade the revolutionary consequences of their actions,” he said.

Sowore also accused supporters of Obi and other political figures of attempting to discredit critics and distract Nigerians from what he described as the country’s underlying social and political problems.

He named Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke and Abia State Governor Alex Otti among those he alleged had helped promote narratives that distract from these issues.

“But we cannot be fooled,” Sowore said, insisting that the politicians he criticised were delaying what he described as the liberation of Nigerians.

The AAC candidate further alleged that Obi and his allies were not genuinely opposed to Tinubu’s administration but were instead seeking to manage opposition to the president without mounting a strong challenge to his government.

“They don’t oppose Tinubu; they simply don’t want anyone to oppose him strongly enough to bring his disastrous reign to an end. Their politics is about managing opposition, not confronting the system,” he said.

Sowore also referred to a remark attributed to Datti Baba-Ahmed, Obi’s former running mate in the 2023 presidential election, describing Tinubu as their “favourite uncle”.

Obi, who contested the 2023 presidential election on the platform of the Labour Party, has since moved to the NDC ahead of the 2027 election.

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