The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has described the Obidient Movement as one of the biggest political scams in Nigeria’s history.
Sowore made the remark while accusing some supporters of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of abandoning positions they had previously defended.
He spoke in a post on X while reacting to criticism of Obi by his former campaign spokesperson, Ndi Kato, who recently accused the former Anambra State governor of having a huge leadership deficit.
Reacting to Kato’s comments, Sowore questioned why some individuals who had spent years promoting Obi were now embracing criticisms he claimed to have raised against the politician long ago.
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!”
Sowore also referenced a statement attributed to philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, which says that truth passes through three stages: ridicule, violent opposition and eventual acceptance.
He suggested that the criticism now emerging from some former Obi supporters represented the final stage of that process, according to his interpretation.
The AAC candidate’s comments have added to the ongoing political debate surrounding Obi, the Obidient Movement and the divisions among some of the former Labour Party presidential candidate’s supporters.
