The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoleye Sowore has acted fast on the challenge of the Socio-Economic Rights And Accountability Project (SERAP) that all presidential candidates should declare their assets. Sowore’s action is though the declaration should be done with the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
SERAP had through its Twitter handle @SERAPNigeria on Saturday, urged presidential candidates of political parties in the 2023 election to publish the details of their assets as well as publicly reject vote buying.
“Dear @PeterObi Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.
“Dear @atiku Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.
“Dear @officialABAT Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.
“Dear @KwankwasoRM Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.
“Dear @realMalikAdo Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.
“Dear @YeleSowore Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.
“Dear @DumebiKachikwu Ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, we’re again calling on you to show leadership by urgently publishing details of your assets and publicly rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections,” the tweet requested.
Reacting immediately through his Twitter handle @YeleSowore on Saturday, the AAC candidate, Sowore listed assets he possess.
“I have 2 used cars: a Toyota Camry & Lexus RX 350, a home in my village worth maybe N5m, three iPhones, a Galaxy Note 10 Lite (if you could call those assets), SaharaReporters Media Group (don’t know the worth as of today), a four bedroom bungalow in New Jersey & nothing more!” He tweeted.
