The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and accused its presidential candidate Peter Obi of renting political parties during election seasons. Sowore alleged that Obi’s political moves were not aimed at liberating Nigerians but at helping the ruling establishment deflect public anger and avoid accountability ahead of the 2027 general election. In a statement posted on X, Sowore accused the NDC of exploiting the political process, claiming that its leaders made ₦9 billion from the sale of nomination forms while running the party from their homes. “The same opportunists and packaged political frauds who made ₦9 billion from selling nomination forms while running a political party from their living rooms,” Sowore wrote, referring to the NDC. He described Obi as an unprincipled politician who, according to him, changes political platforms ahead of elections without offering a genuine challenge to ...