Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has described Peter Obi’s Obidient movement as one of the biggest political scams in Nigeria’s history, accusing its supporters of abandoning principles they once championed.

Sowore made the remarks while reacting to criticism of Obi by former campaign spokesperson, Ndi Kato, who reportedly accused the presidential candidate of having a huge leadership deficit.

In a post on X, the AAC candidate questioned why some individuals who had spent years promoting Obi were now embracing criticisms he claimed to have consistently raised against the former Anambra State governor.

He wrote: “Apart from Buhari’s political mass deception and Tinubu’s scam and con artistry and his prowess in political manipulations, this Obidient project, too, has to be one of the biggest political scams ever pulled off in Nigeria’s political history!”

Sowore also referenced philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer’s statement that truth passes through three stages: ridicule, violent opposition and eventual acceptance.

He suggested that the criticism now emerging from individuals who previously supported Obi represented the final stage of that process, as he sees it.