Human rights activist and two-time presidential candidate from the African Action Congress (AAC), Mr. Omoyele Sowore has defused claims to joining the supposed Mega Alliance Party proposed by the coalition of the PDP and Labour Party to contend with the ruling All Progressives Congress and hopefully dislodge them from power come 2027.
The pro-democracy campaigner, while in an interview with Mic on Podcast on Saturday, reinstated that he is not interested in forming an alliance that will deceive and displease Nigerians because, according to him, those involved in the coalition are aimed at stealing and robbing the Nigerian people of their Commonwealth.
Sowore, when told Peter Obi will be in the alliance, and of course he has a good following from the 2023 election, replied, "What is Peter Obi going to do for me? Was he not in the PDP before? Was he not in APGA? Do you think the DNA of the Mega Party will change because Peter Obi has new followers? Was he able to change when he was in PDP or APGA? So, why are you all lying to yourselves? That's the point I'm making; we keep throwing all these theories about how certain allies will change Nigeria without fundamentally scrutinizing the characters behind them."
According to him, the Labour Party flagbearer might not be able to make a significant difference even after the alliance is formed; after all, he failed to do political reform when he was in the People's Democratic Party and the All Progressives Grand Alliance. Owing to this, he emphasized that the proposed alliance has no intention to change Nigeria whatsoever, and as such, he cannot be part of another deception.