BREAKING: Sowore Declares For 2023 Presidency, Reveals Plans | DETAILS
AFNews Reporter
Mar 01, 2022
BREAKING: Sowore Declares For 2023 Presidency, Reveals Plans | DETAILS
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has officially declared interest to run for President in 2023.
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Sowore on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 posted on his official Facebook "SOWORE FOR PresidentÔÇØ
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Recall he contested for President in 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Africa Action Congress (AAC).
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Sowore had last week said he would make his 2023 presidential declaration in March.
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He had earlier accused the Muhammadu Buhari-led government of arresting him and filing new charges against him to stop his declaration.
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This was after a team of policemen had arrested Sowore on Thursday, at the entrance of the Court of Appeal in Abuja over a petition filed by a former member of the House of Representatives, Ned Nwoko.
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He was reportedly taken to the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit, located at Guzape.
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Speaking after his release, the activist said he was optimistic about becoming the next president of the country and not being threatened by anyone.
"I knew this is what's going to happen and I'm not surprised that that's what they did. But when we got here, I made it clear to everybody, all of the police officers involved that I can't write any statement and I won't accept any kind of bail condition attached to my release,ÔÇØ he had said.
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"They took me to their detention, when they were tired; they came and call me that I should be going home. So I'm heading home now, no reason to worry, we know why this is happening, they are afraid of the future, they are afraid Sowore will declare very soon and become the president of Nigeria; you can't stop me.ÔÇØ
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— AFNews Reporter