A faction of the African Action Congress (AAC) has distanced itself from the 2023 presidential bid of Omoyele Sowore on the platform of the party.
In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Sylvester Cletus, the party said Sowore was expelled from the party in 2019 and has not been readmitted into the fold.
He said, “The African Action Congress (AAC) wishes to notify the general public that Mr Omoyele Sowore was expelled on August 9, 2019, at the party’s National Convention held in Owerri, Imo State. He was first suspended from the party in May 2019 and his suspension was upheld by a Court of Competent Jurisdiction in Nigeria.
“Thereafter, the highest decision making body of the party at the 2019 convention, indicted him for flagrance disobedience to the party’s constitution, doubling as party’s National Chairman and presidential candidate, that is, solely holding two positions and other positions in the party same time, proven allegations of financial misappropriation, disrespect to constituted authority (the State) and leadership of the party, and for anti-party activities.
“The importance of this is that legally, Omoyele Sowore is not a member of our party, and democratically, his membership right has been withdrawn.”
