‘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 solely started calling for peaceable, issue-based campaigns after being confronted at a mosque in Abuja.

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

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

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

The presidential candidate additional cited the disruption of a Nigeria Democratic Congress city corridor assembly in Lagos, the place Peter Obi was anticipated to handle supporters, in addition to reported political violence in Enugu and Delta states.

“You cannot preach peaceful, issue-based campaigns only when political hostility reaches your doorstep,” Sowore informed Tinubu, accusing the President of condemning violence solely when it impacts his personal facet.