AKURE — Omoyele Sowore, a presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has said he is Nigeria’s next President.
Sowore made the declaration in Akure, the Ondo state capital on Saturday after his arrival in the state for consultations ahead of the 2023 elections.
The publisher of Sahara Reporters said Nigerians, most especially the youth, need to challenge those seeking political power in the country ahead of the 2023 general elections.
According to him, Nigerians have suffered under the leadership of PDP and APC. Both parties, he said, have held the country back in the last 16 years.
He added that the country now needs someone with fresh ideas and competence to take over the seat of power from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sowore also expressed optimism that he would be Nigeria’s next president in 2023.
“This is the right time to challenge those in power and bring those with fresh blood, ideas, and initiatives that can change the narratives for Nigeria.
“Both APC and PDP are yet to have a candidate and they would never have a candidate that would be acceptable to Nigerians. The end of both parties has come.
“The time to do for the people has arrived. The time for the nation to work for the Nigerian people has also arrived.
“Other political parties are even going into extinction and we would help to consign them into the dustbin of history as soon as possible.
“For the people of Ondo State, and those who have not heard, I, Omoyele Sowore is going to be the next President of Nigeria,” he said.
Describing his incarceration by the Department of State Services (DSS) as “a complete waste of time”, Sowore said he is stronger and bolder, now that he has been released to move around the country, stressing that he would continue to speak against injustice in the land.
The activist said, “It is a waste of time because nobody can fight history. No law court can find a justifiable reason to jail anybody that is fighting justice and this country needs justice.
“I have only one step to take to fight for what is just and right. Three years later, I have been proven right. Those who took me to Abuja, detained me thereby putting me in the DSS facility and Abuja city, they have now been disgraced and would soon be out of power and we are coming into the office very soon.
“The Sowore that they thought could be cowed in 2019 has now become stronger, bigger, and more powerful. The young people that we have been fighting for have also become bolder.”
Sowore contested for the presidency in 2019 under the platform of his party, AAC, and polled a total of 33,953 votes.
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