Human rights activist and 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has firmly rejected any alliance with the emerging opposition coalition aiming to dislodge the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections.

In a fiery statement released on Tuesday, Sowore said he would not align with political figures he described as “architects of Nigeria’s destruction,” accusing many of the leading opposition figures of long-standing complicity in corruption, repression, and betrayal.

“I did not join Bola Ahmed Tinubu in distributing heroin and cocaine in Chicago,” he said.
“I did not join Atiku Abubakar in looting the Nigerian Customs dry. I did not join David Mark when he stole funds meant to fix our telephones and later helped crush our democratic hopes on June 12.”

Sowore’s statement served as a scathing rebuke to what he sees as the moral bankruptcy of Nigeria’s political elite many of whom are now positioning themselves as saviours ahead of 2027.

He went further, naming several high-profile figures across political divides:

• Abubakar Malami, whom he accused of violating human rights under Buhari’s government.
• Nasir El-Rufai, who he claimed “massacred Shiites and fueled religious genocide in Southern Kaduna.”
• Peter Obi, whom he alleged was aiding Abacha’s regime through port dealings during the military era.

“I have never joined an armed robbery gang or pledged loyalty to any cult no matter how powerful or fanciful,” Sowore declared.
“My only allegiance is to the oppressed, the disenfranchised, and the cheated.”

Responding to increasing public pressure for him to set aside ideological rigidity and join a united front against the ruling party, Sowore insisted that a coalition founded on moral compromise would only preserve the status quo under a different name.

“We must end this national nightmare not sustain it with prettier masks,” he said.

His comments were triggered by a public appeal from lawyer and fellow activist Deji Adeyanju, who urged Sowore to join the broader opposition, arguing that “extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary measures.”
“Politics is different from morality and activism; it’s a game of numbers,” Adeyanju wrote in an open letter.

But Sowore remains unmoved.
“I will only join those ready and willing to end this nightmare not the ones who created it,” he declared.
“Let it be known: I stand with the vanguard of justice. The revolution must continue. Nigeria must be free.”

Sowore’s remarks further underscore the widening rift among opposition figures as 2027 approaches, revealing deep tensions between pragmatism and principle in the fight for Nigeria’s future.