Nigeria’s APC mocks Sowore over campaign event request at Aso Villa
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Punch
All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretary Ajibola Basiru mocked Omoyele Sowore’s presidential candidacy after his party asked to hold the inauguration of its campaign council at the presidential villa in Abuja. The African Action Congress (AAC) also requested logistical support for the event planned for 11 November 2026, Punch reports.
The national secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, called African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore a “comedian” after the AAC asked to hold the inauguration of its campaign council at the presidential palace in Abuja. Basiru made the remarks on Wednesday on Channels Television, Punch reports.
In a letter dated 21 October and addressed to the Nigerian president, the AAC asked for permission to hold the event at Aso Villa on 11 November, as well as logistical support including food and drinks. Basiru said Sowore should first demonstrate his electoral strength at state level. He also claimed that rejected ballots received more votes than Sowore’s party in the 2023 election.
Sowore responded on X on Wednesday evening, recalling their years of student activism against military dictatorship in the 1990s. He posted a photograph that he said he took with Basiru in 1998, when he was leading the Progressive Youth Congress.
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