The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has described Peter Obi’s Obidient movement as one of the biggest political scams in Nigeria’s history, accusing the presidential candidate’s supporters of abandoning principles they once defended.
Sowore made the remarks while reacting to criticism of Obi by former campaign spokesperson Ndi Kato, who reportedly described the presidential candidate as having a huge leadership deficit.
In a post on X, Sowore questioned why people who had spent years promoting Obi were now turning around to accept the same criticisms he said he had raised against the politician.
He wrote:
“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 also cited philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer’s statement that truth passes through three stages: ridicule, violent opposition and eventual acceptance.
Sowore suggested that the criticism now coming from people who once supported Obi reflected the final stage of that process, as he sees it.