‘You cannot preach peace only when it reaches your doorstep’ — Sowore slams Tinubu

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has accused President Bola Tinubu of hypocrisy, alleging that he only began calling for peaceful, issue-based campaigns after being confronted at a mosque in Abuja.

Sowore made the allegation in a post on Friday, November 13, questioning the President’s silence over reported attacks on opposition figures and supporters allegedly involving APC members.

He challenged Tinubu to explain why he had not spoken out when political violence was reported in Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, Enugu and Delta states.

Recalling the October 30 attack on his team in Ado-Ekiti, Sowore alleged that the assailants were sponsored by the APC and members of the City Boy Movement, which he claimed was funded by Tinubu’s son, Seyi.

Sowore said he had demanded an independent investigation but that the principal suspects he identified had not been brought to justice.

The presidential candidate further cited the disruption of a Nigeria Democratic Congress town hall meeting in Lagos, where Peter Obi was expected to address supporters, as well as reported 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 condemning violence only when it affects his own side.