Omoyele Sowore has declined an invitation to attend the recent Opposition Summit held in Ibadan, stating he would not be part of any effort to repackage failed political actors as agents of change. In a statement released on Sunday, the African Action Congress (AAC) leader said Nigerians deserve a credible alternative to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), not alliances made up of politicians tied to years of governance failures. He described the summit as a gathering of figures from the same political establishment responsible for national stagnation, corruption, and systemic decay. "There is no need to pretend that the same men (and a few women) who held Nigeria to ransom for years... can suddenly reinvent themselves as champions of progress," Sowore said.
Sowore emphasized that the AAC would not join what he called a charade aimed at recycling old political figures under the guise of opposition unity. He insisted the party remains committed to building a people-driven movement rooted in integrity, accountability, and genuine transformation. The former presidential candidate said his party will continue mobilizing Nigerians around a fresh political vision that rejects what he described as the decadence of the APC, PDP, Labour Party, ADC, and others. "Nigeria does not need a rearrangement of the same broken pieces; it needs a complete break from the past," he added.
Sowore criticises opposition figures for recycling old political actors while positioning his party as different, yet offers no verifiable track record of transformation to back the claim. The AAC has held minimal electoral relevance since its formation, raising questions about how it plans to deliver the "people-driven alternative" it promises. Nigerians who supported the party in past elections have seen no significant policy gains or structural victories to indicate a break from the status quo. A movement demanding new politics must show more than rhetoric to prove it is not just another name in the same cycle.
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