📋 Biography
Omoyele Sowore is a Nigerian human rights activist, publisher, pro-democracy campaigner, and politician widely known for his outspoken criticism of corruption and bad governance in Nigeria. He was born on February 16, 1971, in Ondo State, Nigeria. Sowore rose to national prominence during the June 12 pro-democracy struggle against military rule in the 1990s while studying Geography and Planning at the University of Lagos.
He later founded Sahara Reporters in 2006, an online investigative news platform dedicated to exposing corruption, abuse of power, electoral fraud, and human rights violations across Africa, especially Nigeria. Through journalism and activism, Sowore became one of the strongest voices advocating transparency, accountability, and youth participation in governance.
In 2018, he officially entered partisan politics and contested the 2019 Nigerian presidential election under the African Action Congress (AAC), campaigning on a revolutionary reform agenda centered on anti-corruption, job creation, education, security, and economic restructuring. His “Revolution Now” movement attracted many young Nigerians frustrated with the traditional political establishment.
Sowore has faced multiple arrests and legal battles linked to his activism and protests against government policies, making him both a controversial and influential political figure in modern Nigerian politics. Supporters view him as fearless, outspoken, and committed to systemic change, while critics often describe him as radical. Despite political challenges, he remains one of Nigeria’s most recognizable opposition voices ahead of the 2027 general elections.
📜 Manifesto & Key Promises
African Action Congress presidential hopeful Omoyele Sowore promotes a people-driven reform agenda focused on ending corruption, reducing poverty, and rebuilding public trust in government institutions. His manifesto emphasizes total transparency in governance, digital accountability systems, and strict punishment for corruption regardless of status or political affiliation.
On the economy, Sowore advocates industrialization, support for local manufacturing, youth entrepreneurship, and technology-driven innovation. He proposes massive investment in agriculture, renewable energy, and small businesses to create millions of jobs and reduce dependence on oil revenue. He also supports cutting the cost of governance and redirecting public funds toward education, healthcare, infrastructure, and social welfare.
In education, Sowore promises accessible and affordable quality education, improved salaries for teachers and lecturers, modern learning facilities, and increased funding for research and innovation. In healthcare, he supports universal healthcare coverage, better-equipped hospitals, and improved welfare for medical professionals to reduce brain drain.
On security, Sowore advocates comprehensive police reform, community-based policing, improved welfare for security agencies, and stronger intelligence systems to tackle terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping. He also supports restructuring Nigeria to allow greater regional development, local autonomy, and resource control while maintaining national unity.
His overall political vision centers on empowering ordinary Nigerians, especially young people, to actively participate in leadership and decision-making while ending what he describes as elite domination of Nigeria’s political and economic system.
