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Activist politician, Omoyele Sowore, has provided an explanation for why he chose not to join the Occupy INEC protest organized by leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Sowore clarified that his decision not to participate was based on principles, unlike former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who he claimed would return to Dubai, his permanent residence, after the elections.

Prominent ADC figures such as Atiku, David Mark, Rauf Aregbesola, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso had participated in the protest at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja, protesting the delisting of their faction.

However, Sowore, speaking to journalists in Abuja after the protest, said: “I support any form of protest against any form of irregularities, this is what we have been doing and saying that you can’t get the results we want without protest.”

“They used to mock us that activists can’t be good leaders but now the people want to become activists first so that people can trust them because they know that those trusted are genuine activists.

“Some of the problems we have now, they are the ones who created them when they had the opportunity. We were having a conversation inside the prison and they said the former Minister of Interior Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, didn’t promote them for nine years and these are the people protesting now.

“I support them and I shared my fliers on my Facebook page that people should join them and we sent people to join them.

“I’m not in opposition for opposition sake, I’m opposed to everything that is wrong in Nigeria, including what the opposition people were doing when they were not in opposition.

“Mine is a principled opposition, their own is opposition for election and the moment the election is over, Atiku will go back to Dubai, which is where he stays permanently and you won’t see them again.”

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