Presidential Hopeful, Sowore Opens Up On Assets

By Ayodele Oni

In tandem with what he preaches, Human rights activist and the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress,(AAC) Omoyele Sowore, said his worth is not more than that of an average Nigerian.

Sowore, who publicly declared his assets ahead of the 2023 general elections in compliance with an advocacy organisation, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), made the remark in his social media handle.

SERAP had in a tweet challenged Sowore to publish details of his assets and to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.

SERAP wrote “Dear ‪@YeleSowore Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.”

Replying to the tweet, the AAC presidential candidate said he had two cars, and a house in his hometown in Ondo State worth N5 million among other assets.

The activist explained that he had never operated an offshore account(s) or worked with a tax haven to hide any asset, adding that he rejects vote-buying on or before 2023 election date.

“I have two used cars: a Toyota Camry & Lexus RX 350, a home in my village worth may be N5m, three iPhones, a Galaxy Note 10 Lite (if you could call those assets), SaharaReporters Media Group (don’t know the worth as of today), a four-bedroom bungalow in New Jersey & nothing more.

“The Federal government of Nigeria froze my bank accounts since 2019 after I was arrested over ‪#RevolutionNow protest on August 3rd 2019.

“A ‪@gtbank account I operated in Nigeria had N4,800 left in before my arrest, I managed to open a ‪ @kudabankhelp with N463.00 as of this evening.

“I reject vote-buying on or before the 2023 election date. I also recently opened a ‪@capitalone US bank account that has in it about $300.

“I have a ‪@ZenithBank campaign account for the ‪#Sowore2023 Presidential account. I have nothing more besides financial support that I occasionally get from friends and family (if those count as assets).

“I have never operated any offshore account(s) or worked with a tax haven to hide my assets. These are the assets I have in my entire life.”