Omoyele Sowore, activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has fired shots at Labour Party’s Peter Obi, calling him out for what he described as a dishonest and hypocritical attitude towards protests and governance.

Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) page, Sowore didn’t hold back. He accused Obi of failing to speak up or take action despite the suffering of Nigerians under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. According to Sowore, Obi’s current silence is even more troubling given his past role as an economic adviser during the Goodluck Jonathan era—a time when economic decisions led to mass protests like #OccupyNigeria in 2012.

“He’s pretending protests weren’t necessary under Jonathan’s government when he was part of the system,” Sowore wrote. “They were looting Nigeria dry back then, and even his Fidelity Bank helped Diezani move physical cash around.”

He questioned why Obi’s popular Obidient movement, which once shook up political conversations online, has remained silent as fuel prices rise, inflation worsens, and the naira weakens.

Sowore said it’s confusing that Obi never supported any physical protest—whether after the 2023 presidential elections which he claimed he won, or during the recent #EndBadGovernance protests of 2024.

He also brought up the controversial Naira redesign under former CBN governor Godwin Emefiele—who many say was close to Obi—arguing that Obidients avoided criticizing it because of that connection. “Even with fuel price hikes and other issues that hurt Nigerians, Obi never once led or encouraged people to take to the streets,” Sowore said.

He also accused Obi’s GBAJUE movement—a structure he supposedly created to drive change—of doing nothing but gaslighting other Nigerians, especially those who didn’t align with his political camp. Sowore said many of Obi’s inner circle are now back in the ruling APC, proving their claims of wanting change were just a cover for grabbing power.

“He wants to reap the benefits of movements like #EndSARS, but doesn’t raise a finger to fight injustice—even when his own supporters are affected,” Sowore wrote, ending his post with the word “OPPORTUNISTS.”