Former Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has reacted to the merger between the Opposition Coalition led by Atiku Abubakar and the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

In a statement on his social media page on Wednesday, Sowore disclosed his reason for refusing to join the coalition, adding that he will not join an “armed robbery gang.”

He wrote:

“I did not join Bola Ahmed Tinubu @officialABAT in distributing heroin and cocaine in Chicago. I did not join @atiku Atiku Abubakar in looting the Nigerian Customs dry.
I did not join David Mark when he stole funds meant to fix our telephones and later helped to crush our democratic hopes on June 12.
I did not join Abubakar Malami, SAN, in violating human rights and looting the treasury under Muhammadu Buhari’s watch, including banning @Twitter.
I did not join Nasir El-Rufai @elrufai in massacring Shiites and fueling religious genocide in Southern Kaduna.
I did not join @PeterObi at the Tin Can Ports while he cleared goods for Sani Abacha when the same Abacha was dismantling Nigeria brick by brick.
I did not join Sule Lamido and the SDP traitors who sold out MKO Abiola and the will of the Nigerian people during the June 12 struggle.
I did not join @ChibuikeRotimi1 Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi while he gambled away Rivers State funds and abandoned the mini-rail project already paid for.
I have never joined an armed robbery gang. I have never pledged allegiance to any cult gang—no matter how popular, powerful, or fanciful.
I have only one allegiance: to the oppressed, the disenfranchised, the cheated, the silenced. I will join only those ready and willing to end this national nightmare created by these characters listed above!
Let it be known: I stand with a vanguard of justice. A coalition of truth. A revolutionary team to restore the dignity of the Nigerian people and Africans. Nigeria must be free from these evildoers,” Sowore said.