A faction of the African Action Congress has warned that the
2019 presidential candidate of the party, Omoyele Sowore, was not its candidate
for the 2023 presidential election.
This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s
National Publicity Secretary, Sylvester Cletus, on Wednesday, which noted that
Sowore was expelled from the party in 2019.
The party stated that it needed to clear the air regarding
Sowore’s candidacy following purported claims that he was the AAC candidate for
the 2023 presidential election.
Cletus stated that Sowore was removed for violating the
party’s constitution, and misappropriation of funds, amongst other offences,
adding that he was ineligible to contest the Presidency under the party.
“The African Action Congress wishes to notify the general
public that Mr Omoyele Sowore was expelled on August 9, 2019, at the party’s
National Convention held in Owerri, Imo State. He was first suspended from the
party in May 2019 and his suspension was upheld by a Court of Competent
Jurisdiction in Nigeria.
“Thereafter, the highest decision making body of the party
at the 2019 convention, indicted him for flagrance disobedience to the party’s
constitution, doubling as party’s National Chairman and presidential candidate,
that is, solely holding two positions and other positions in the party same
time, proven allegations of financial misappropriation, disrespect to
constituted authority (the State) and leadership of the party, and for
anti-party activities.
“The importance of this is that legally, Omoyele Sowore is
not a member of our party, the African Action Congress, AAC and democratically,
his membership right has been withdrawn,” the statement read in part.
Cletus warned the public to be wary of being scammed by the
publisher of the online newspaper, Sahara Reporters, in support of a false
assumption of contesting for the Presidency under the AAC.
“It is important that these clarifications are made so that
the general public is not swindled as the said Omoyele Sowore has erected a
grandiose scamming scheme to dupe people when he’s fully aware that he is not
an aspirant or candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC in the upcoming
polls.
“In the light of the above, the general public should be
wary of Mr. Omoyele Sowore and his accomplices, as they are not in any position
to determine the administration of our party nor on how we recruit aspirants
for elections including how our forms are made available to the general
public,” the statement added.
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