Former Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has fired back at the former governor of Rivers state and now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), Nyesom Wike, calling him “drunkard, land grabber and thief-minister”.
Wike had during the flag off of the construction of Arterial Road N1 in Wuye on Thursday, tackled Sowore, over his comments, where he described President Bola Tinubu as a “criminal”.
The minister said Sowore was “lucky” that Tinubu believed in the rule of law, noting that the activist may not be so lucky with someone else as the President.
Reacting in a statement posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account on Thursday, Sowore accused Wike of gross misconduct during his political career, saying he ought to be facing justice at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
He wrote, “I heard that the FCT’s drunkard–murderer -landgrabber-thief Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, said Bola Ahmed Tinubu should have assassinated me for calling him #TinubuisAcriminal.”
“If Nigerians weren’t so docile, complacent, and cowardly, criminals, thieves, and murderers like Wike would never have any leadership roles in this country.
“SAD! Wike stole land in Abuja, Wike robbed the people of Rivers state, and Wike massacred Igbos at Obigbo.
“Wike should be in the Hague at the International Criminal Court.”
In a tweet on August 25, Sowore had described the President as a criminal, citing a video where Tinubu, during his visit to Brazil, said there was no corruption in Nigeria.
“This criminal @officialpbat actually went to Brazil to state that there is no more corruption under his regime in Nigeria. What audacity to lie shamelessly!,” the tweet read.
Following the tweet, the Department of State Services filed criminal charges against Sowore for defamation, accusing him of using “false” statements that breach Nigeria’s Cybercrimes and Terrorism Prevention laws.
They also requested that social media platforms X and Meta remove the tweet, calling it a threat to national security and public order.
Sowore, however, refused to delete the tweet, saying the DSS was trying to silence dissent, and describing the DSS actions as “despicable.”
Meanwhile, Sowore had filed suit challenging the DSS’s demands and seeking orders to prevent social platforms from deleting his posts, arguing the agency’s actions violate his constitutional right to free expression.
