An activist, Oluwatosin Adeniji, has accused Sahara
Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, of pocketing an #EndSARS grant which she
claimed Sowore applied for on her behalf in 2020.
Adeniji, a known associate of Sowore and a member of his
#RevolutionNow movement, said while she was in police custody last November,
the online publisher applied for the grant in her name, without her knowledge.
Adeniji and five others were
arrested in front of the National Assembly complex, Abuja, last November for
staging an #EndSARS protest. They were charged for unlawful assembly, amongst
others, remanded in prison but later released on bail.
Narrating her ordeal on Tuesday, Adeniji, who tweeted via @callmerahila, said Sowore and his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, applied for a grant in her name but the funds were not released to her.
She wrote, “@YeleSowore, it’s sad that you of all people
could take advantage of my predicament. I went to prison last year November
over #EndSARS but you decided to apply for a grant in my name without informing
me, before, during, and after the application was made.
“Fast forward to January, I found out that a grant was
applied for in my name but since you @YeleSowore was in detention I had to ask
your lawyer @TopeAkinyod because I found out that he was the lawyer involved in
the process.
“First, you admitted that a grant was applied for in my name
through the late Innocent Chukwuma but you are not sure he submitted the
application till his death. You also raised concerns that it is possible that
the late Innocent submitted the application and someone went behind your back
to get the funds. This sounds absolutely unbelievable, especially coming from a
man of your kind who would cross seven seas to unravel a mystery.
“I really feel oppressed and sad that after giving my
commitment to serve in your movement for years to fight a system of oppression,
the same you is this person dishing out all this oppression and lies just to
get away with it.”
Meanwhile, Sowore, a former Presidential candidate of the
African Alliance Congress, has denied Adeniji’s claim.
See tweets;
not even my consent, yet we live under the same roof.
— Tosin Adeniji #EndSARS🔥🔫🌈 (@callmerahila) April 13, 2021
Fast forward to January, I found out that a grant was applied for in my name but since you @YeleSowore was in detention I had to ask your lawyer @TopeAkinyod because I found out that he was the lawyer involved in the process.
Since @topeakinyode said it was meant to be a surprise, I waited this long hoping you will inform me but you didn't. I decided to take the bold step yesterday by demanding my grant funds from you.
— Tosin Adeniji #EndSARS🔥🔫🌈 (@callmerahila) April 13, 2021
back to get the funds. This sounds absolutely unbelievable, especially coming from a man of your kind who would cross seven seas to unravel a mystery.
— Tosin Adeniji #EndSARS🔥🔫🌈 (@callmerahila) April 13, 2021
When I insisted that I must get my funds from you, you then said it wasn't you that applied but @topeakinyode did. I reached out to @topeakinyode immediately and he said he wrote a concept paper for a grant in my name on YOUR INSTRUCTIONS (To which I have evidences)
— Tosin Adeniji #EndSARS🔥🔫🌈 (@callmerahila) April 13, 2021
— Tosin Adeniji #EndSARS🔥🔫🌈 (@callmerahila) April 13, 2021
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everydayI really feel oppressed and sad that after giving my commitment to serve in your movement for years to fight a system of oppression, the same you is this person dishing out all this oppression and lies just to get away with it.
— Tosin Adeniji #EndSARS🔥🔫🌈 (@callmerahila) April 13, 2021
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