Human Rights Activist and former Presidential Candidate Omoyele Sowore has claimed that all opposition parties in Nigeria except his African Action Congress (AAC) are controlled by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Sowore alleged that most opposition parties were either created or taken over by the APC as “special-purpose vehicles” to serve its political interests.
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The human rights activist made these allegations while speaking on Channels Television’s Rubbin’ Minds on Sunday.
He maintained that the AAC, which he founded in 2018, is the only true opposition party among the 18 officially registered in the country.
Sowore said, ”What we found out in our little research is that most of the parties that are left, apart from AAC, are parties that were created by the major parties.
“They call them feeder parties or special-purpose vehicles.”
He further alleged that the APC often funds these smaller parties during election periods to serve strategic purposes, including filing legal cases that can later be exploited to benefit the ruling party.
Sowore said, “Sometimes, some of the candidates or the parties are meant to help them with legal challenges.
“So they all go and challenge the election, and whoever has won would approach either the opposition party or the smaller parties and settle them.
“Everybody gets paid and walks away.”
In addition, Sowore criticised the behaviour of opposition parties during meetings with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, saying many of them fail to act like opposition and appear ideologically aligned with the APC.
Sowore said, “The people that oppose us the most when we go to meetings are these other smaller parties that you think are in the opposition.”
When asked if his criticism also extends to major opposition parties like the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, Sowore responded, “Labour Party is the worst.”
He alleged that many members of the LP have joined the APC, arguing they were never genuinely opposed to the ruling party.
Sowore said,”That ’s why I refer to the Labour Party as a short rental.
“Most of them that went to Labour Party saw an opportunity.
“They were coming from either PDP or APC.
“They walked in there, grabbed power, and then the moment they had the booty bag, they went back to where they’re coming from.”
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