Omoyele Sowore, a human rights activist and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) has described the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s Obidient movement as one of the biggest political scams in Nigeria’s history.
This is as he accused Obi’s supporters of abandoning principles they once defended.
Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, made the remarks in reaction to criticism of Obi from former campaign spokesperson Ndi Kato, who reportedly said the presidential candidate had a significant leadership deficit.
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Taking to his official X handle, Sowore questioned why people who had spent years promoting Obi were now accepting the same criticisms he said he had previously levelled against him.
“Apart from Buhari’s political mass deception and Tinubu’s scam and con artistry, and his prowess in political manipulations, this Obidient project, too, has to be one of the biggest political scams ever pulled off in Nigeria’s political history!” he wrote.
Sowore also cited philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer’s observation that truth passes through three stages: ridicule, violent opposition and eventual acceptance.
He suggested that the criticism now coming from former Obi supporters reflected the final stage of that process.
