Omoyele Sowore, candidate of the
African Action Congress (AAC), has reacted to Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka’s
endorsement of Kinglsey Moghalu for President.
Recall that Soyinka had endorsed
Moghalu, candidate of Young Progressive Party (YPP), saying the decision was
reached after months of rigorous analyses.
However, Sowore said his team
does not believe in the politics of godfatherism endorsements.
In a statement on Friday by Dr.
Malcolm Fabiyi, Director-General of his presidential campaign, Sowore said the
only opinions that matter are not those of privilege, power, status, or fame
but that of the electorates.
The statement reads: “For the
past year, Omoyele Sowore, leader of the Take it Back Movement and presidential
candidate of the AAC has travelled across the 6 geopolitical zones, travelled
to over 200 cities and towns within Nigeria, and engaged extensively with
Nigerians at home and abroad to share his vision for birthing a vibrant and
prosperous nation. Those consultations and engagements have created the
broadest coalition of Nigerians that our nation has ever seen.
“On our platform, those
previously considered inconsequential – the voiceless, the teeming poor and the
forgotten youth – have found a voice and an outlet for the realisation of a
nation that works for all of her people
“We have said from the beginning
that we do not believe in the politics of godfathers, godmothers or
endorsements. Indeed, we seek to create a nation where the only opinions that
matters, and where the only voices of influence are not those of privilege,
power, status, or fame. The only endorsement that matters to us is the one the
Nigerian people have already given us. We are the voice of the Nigerian people,
and the only organic platform that will represent the interest of the Nigerian
masses.
“For the avoidance of doubt,
there is no presidential candidate that can boast of the antecedents, the history
of principled engagement, and the sacrificial participation in the struggle to
move Nigeria forward that Omoyele Sowore has displayed over the last 30 years.
“From the fight to reverse the
annulment of the June 12th 1993 elections, to the restoration of democracy in
1999, to the truncation of Obasanjo’s 3rd term bid, to the exposure of the
Yar’Adua cabal’s bid to deny a constitutional transfer of power to a minority
president, to the courageous real-time release of the 2015 poll results that
helped to safeguard and ensure free and fair elections, Sowore has been at the
forefront of pivotal political events of in country.
“No other candidate has had this
level of engagement. No other candidate can speak of a thirty-year consistency
in their service to the nation. No other candidate has worked for the Nigerian
people as thoroughly and comprehensively as Sowore has done. No other candidate
speaks to the aspirations of the Nigerian people with the authenticity that
Sowore does. That authenticity is what has powered our party to becoming one of
the three largest parties in the nation.
“We want to assure Nigerians that
on February 16th, the African Action Congress will be on the ballot. On that
day, Sowore and the AAC will get the only endorsement that matters when the
Nigerian people vote to elect him as the next president of Nigeria. On February
16th 2019, the Nigwrian people will speak with one voice, and that onerous
voice of reason will trounce the dictates of godfatherism.”
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