The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged the Federal Government to take a tough stance on the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowere, over his recent attacks on President Bola Tinubu and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.
A factional state chairman of the party, Tony Okocha, made the call in a statement on Wednesday, urging Nigerians to stand up against people he described as “rascal and nitwit” desiring to rub the integrity of the country in the mud.
Okocha said that spreading false news with clear intention to overreach or defame the other’s character or integrity is “unacceptable”.
According to him, attempting to incite Nigerians against the government is treasonable felony, adding that any action which is capable of undermining public trust and potent enough to threaten Nigeria’s democracy, stemming from malice, is unacceptable.
DAILY POST recalls that recently, Sowere referred to President Tinubu as a “criminal”, even as he alleged that Wike used public funds to buy expensive houses in Florida, United States.
Reacting to the allegations, Okocha said: “In every democracy, criticism is welcome, but what Nigerians must reject are deliberate lies, propaganda, and attempts to defame under the disguise of ‘activism’.
“This is exactly what Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters has perfected over the years. Sowore has built his entire career on lies. His Sahara Reporters platform is notorious for publishing fabricated stories and half-truths, often used as tools for blackmail and extortion.
“These baseless allegations are nothing more than the bitter rantings of a man rejected by Nigerians at the polls and drowning in political irrelevance.”
He wondered what sane citizen of a country can refer to the highest office holder, as a “criminal”.
