The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has accused President Bola Tinubu of hypocrisy, alleging that the President only began advocating peaceful, issue-based campaigns after facing opposition at a mosque in Abuja.
Sowore made the allegation in a post on Friday, November 13, questioning Tinubu’s silence over reported attacks on opposition politicians and their supporters allegedly involving members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He challenged the President to explain why he had not publicly condemned reported incidents of political violence in Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, Enugu and Delta states.
Referring to the October 30 attack on his team in Ado-Ekiti, Sowore alleged that the attackers were sponsored by the APC and members of the City Boy Movement, which he claimed received funding from Tinubu’s son, Seyi.
Sowore said he had called for an independent investigation into the incident but alleged that the principal suspects he identified had yet to face justice.
He also cited the disruption of a Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) town hall meeting in Lagos, where former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi was expected to address supporters, alongside reports of political violence in Enugu and Delta states.
“You cannot preach peaceful, issue-based campaigns only when political hostility reaches your doorstep,” Sowore told Tinubu, accusing the President of speaking against violence only when it affects his political camp.