By Kingston Magare 26.4.2026
Political and social activist Omolyele Sowore has ruled himself out of any alliance with the opposition figures who gathered at the “Ibadan opposition summit” on Saturday, to beat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential elections.
Sowore who is the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, writing on X Sunday noted that he declined to be at the summit because it was the same cycle of Nigerian politicians who put the country where it is today.
“I was invited to attend the so-called ‘Opposition Summit’ in Ibadan, but I declined,” he wrote.
“There is no need to pretend that the same men (and a few women) who held Nigeria to ransom for years, presiding over stagnation, corruption, and systemic decay, can suddenly reinvent themselves as champions of progress or defenders of the people. Not all Nigerians are suffering from amnesia.
“For the avoidance of doubt, our revolutionary party, the African Action Congress, will not be part of any charade designed to recycle failed political actors under the guise of ‘opposition,’” he said.
Sowore said he is interested in building an alliance rooted in accountability and integrity.
“Instead, we are committed to presenting a formidable, people-driven alternative, one rooted in integrity, accountability, and genuine transformation
“We will mobilise Nigerians across the country to rally behind a credible vision that rejects the decadence and deception represented by both the All-Progressives Congress and their opportunistic counterparts in ADC, PDP, Labour Party and elsewhere.
“Nigeria does not need a rearrangement of the same broken pieces; it needs a complete break from the past.”