Lere Olayinka, media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has blasted the African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, over his request to use the Presidential Villa for his campaign inauguration.
Speaking during an interview on TVC, Olayinka said Sowore could have also asked for President Bola Tinubu’s bedroom.
He stated this while reacting to the letter that the AAC wrote to President Tinubu.
DAILY POST reports that the AAC had on October 21 written to Tinubu requesting approval to inaugurate its Presidential Campaign Council at the Presidential Villa on November 11.
The party also requested food, drinks and logistics for 5,000 participants expected at the event.
The party said its request was in the spirit of multiparty democracy and equal treatment of political parties, arguing that the All Progressives Congress had used the Villa for its own campaign council inauguration.
But reacting to the request, Olayinka dismissed Sowore as a content creator seeking attention, noting that the request was not serious and was only meant to generate publicity ahead of 2027.
“One of the candidates who have been making so much noise is Omoyele Sowore. In 2023, in 774 Local Government Areas, he had 14,600 votes. Even though I contested the House of Representative in three local governments, I had over 11,000 votes.
“He even wrote that he wants to use the Aso Rock Villa; he should have written that he wants to use the President’s bedroom,” Wike’s aide said.
According to him, Sowore and other opposition figures like Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi lack the structure to defeat Tinubu, stressing that the presence of 19 presidential candidates does not make the 2027 race competitive.
Sowore on his part has defended the request, saying Aso Rock belongs to all Nigerians and since the APC uses it for political events, other parties should also be allowed to use it.
