“Why I can’t join Peter Obi, Atiku, others in opposition” – Omoyele Sowore

Nigerian publisher and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore has said that he cannot be part of the usual opposition leaders in Nigeria.

Speaking in an interview on Channels Television on Wednesday, Sowore said most politicians and leaders across the country are in opposition for their personal gains.

He also stated that most of these people found themselves in opposition due to circumstances beyond their control, like their failure to get into the good books of the current administration among others.

According to him, the majority of the leaders in opposition are not opposed to the rot within the Nigerian system and would do worse if the tables were turned.

He said, “I’m interested in being opposed to the system but I’m not interested in joining opposition that is not opposed to the rot and the destruction that have been visited upon this country.

“I cannot be in opposition with the people whose only agenda, whose manifesto, whose demeanour is to come and loot, destroy and render this country as one of the worst countries in the world. That is not opposition to me.

“That might be opposition for the sake of opposition or for the nomenclature of opposition and that’s what has been our position,” Sowore said.

Speaking further, the publisher said that for him, a solid opposition remains, the Nigerian people, those who have been oppressed by the rot within the system.

He also listed the Nigerian youths, the unemployed and even the workers with little or no legal system backing their input and hard work as part of those in opposition to the current administration and the ills bedevilling the nation.

“People have been cheated, the weak and those who are oppressed, that’s the opposition we need, that’s a solid opposition that we are driving and we want to drive,” he said.

Sowore further called on Nigerians to remain steadfast in their quest to see a better Nigeria by joining his team for a revolution.

“We call on Nigerians not to look back in joining this opposition because that would open up the country to you, in a way that would bring about peace, prosperity and progress, which is what everybody is looking for right now,” he added.