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‘People In Power Have Historic Anger Against Me’ – Sowore
The 2027 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has accused those in power of having a historical anger against him.
Recall Sowore was recently released from the Kuje correctional facility after being bailed in the tune of ₦200 million in a defamation suit filed against him by the government for calling President Bola Tinubu a ‘criminal’.
NEWSNGR reports that Sowore, during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘The Morning Brief’ on Friday, said he is being punished for standing up for his rights and those of every Nigerian.
According to him, the security agencies and leaders, as well as those in power, are the people fighting against him.
He said, “I’m not being tried for any definition or any bloodlines between free speech and criminal definition. I am being punished by people in power for standing up for my right and that of other people. It didn’t start today.
“They have a historical anger against me. It’s an issue between me and the ruling class in Nigeria that have been destroying the country. They said I have stood in their way of corruption and impunity.
“Our security agencies and their leaders as well as those in power are the people fighting me. Forget about what they said is the reason they arrested me.
“What was the reason they gave for seizing my NYSC certificate? That I discussed politics in 1996 when the military was in power. What was the reason I was expelled from the University of Lagos? It’s because I participated in protest.”
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