Former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, has asserted that his opposition is based on principles unlike chieftains of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

ADC chieftains such as former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, ex-Senate President, David Mark, former Governors, Rauf Aregbesola, Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso had embarked on a protest at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja over the derecognition of their faction’s leaders.

Explaining why he refused to join the #OccupyINEC protest, Sowore, while addressing journalists in Abuja after the demonstration, said that ADC chieftains are responsible for some of the problems the country is facing.

According to Sowore, the ADC’s chieftain’s opposition is for the election, stressing that after the election is over, Atiku would return to Dubai, where he resides permanently.

He 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 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.”