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🇳🇬 NigeriaPoliticsStory: Nigeria presidential election

Sowore calls for revolution against Tinubu ahead of 2027

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Sowore calls for revolution against Tinubu ahead of 2027Mohamed Nanabhay from Qatar · CC BY 2.0

Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress presidential candidate, is calling on Nigerians to prepare for a “revolution” against President Bola Tinubu before the 2027 election. In a message posted on X, he urged the population to unite for a nationwide uprising, according to the Daily Post.

Omoyele Sowore, the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has called on Nigerians to prepare for a nationwide mobilisation against President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election, according to the Daily Post.

In a post on the social network X, Sowore called on citizens to unite around a nationwide uprising and said Bola Tinubu was not preparing to meet the country’s expectations, according to the Daily Post.

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