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Popular critic of the Buhari-led administration, Omoyele Sowore, has emerged as African Action Congress (AAC) consensus presidential candidate.
He was unanimously elected without opposition by members of the party as the AAC presidential flagbearer in respect of the 2023 general elections.
The news was shared by the AAC, through its official Twitter handle.
Similarly, an elated Sowore announced his triumph via his verified Twitter handle: “I have been validly elected by affirmation as the Presidential Candidate of the @aacparty # wecantcontinuelikethis.”
Sowore contested for presidency during the 2019 general elections, but had a poor performance.
He has always criticized successive Nigerian governments, accusing them of corruption and incompetence.
The Media entrepreneur and social activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, June 09, 2022, announced that he is stepping down as National Chairman of the AAC.
Sowore made this known during the National Convention of the party in Abuja, shortly after he was announced the consensus candidate.
A new Chairman is expected to be elected soon.
Sowore is a Nigerian human rights activist, pro-democracy campaigner, and founder of an online news agency, Sahara Reporters.
He contested in the 2019 presidential election.
On 3 August 2019 Sowore was arrested by the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) for alleged treason after calling for a protest tagged RevolutionNow.
He was arrested again and beaten during a protest in Abuja on January 1, 2021.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) recalls that Sowore was injured by a police officer during a protest in Abuja on May 31, 2021.
The activist is from Ese-Odo, Ondo State in South West Nigeria. Sowore was born in the Niger Delta region of the country (comprising six states in South-South region, Ondo, Abia and Imo States) where he was also raised in a polygamous home with sixteen children.
He studied Geography and Planning at the University of Lagos from 1989 to 1995 with his academic program extended by two extra years after being expelled twice for political reasons and student activism.
Sowore was the President of the University of Lagos Student Union Government between 1992 and 1994 where he was involved in anti-cultism and anti-corruption advocacy.
He holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from Columbia University.