Sowore tackles Edo Commissioner, Afegbua over “public nuisance'” comment on TV

…draws Afegbua’s attention to public harassment of Tinubu in mosques and stadiums across Nigeria

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoleye Sowore has lampooned Edo State Commissioner for Information, Kassim Afegbua for his uncomplimentary comment on ARISE Television, against him.

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In a statement sent to CAPITAL POST on Sunday in Abuja, Sowore said Afegbua’s description of him as a public nuisance has given him away as lacking understanding of what decorum is. Stressed that Afegbua ought to have known who was the real public nuisance.

Sowore accused Afegbua of deriving joy in serving worst administrations, adding that he played dirty games for administrations that were notorious for evil.

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The statement signed by Sowore-Magashi 2027 Presidential Campaign Spokesperson, Deborah Eli Yusuf, reads:
“Kassim Afegbua’s reported description of Omoyele Sowore as a “public nuisance” on Arise News shows he doesn’t understand decorum, and who the real public nuisance is this political season: Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“Afegbua’s political history includes defending former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida, a man who once ordered a plane load of military officers to be crashed in 1992. Today, he serves as Commissioner for Information under Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, whose administration is regarded as some of the worst in Nigeria.”

Sowore wondered if sponsored violence by the government Afegbua works for constituted decorum, adding that the Tinubu-led administration has been accused of instigating violence by its own political associates.

“Before lecturing Sowore about decorum, Afegbua should answer a few questions.
Is President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose political associates and himself have faced allegations of sponsoring violence against opponents, a model of decorum?

“What about the longstanding allegations concerning Tinubu’s connections to drug trafficking, which are on record? Does Afegbua believe a drug dealer is a model of decorum, or is questioning their sordid past and pathetic governance performances also indecorous?
And where was Afegbua’s concern for decorum when Sowore and his team were violently attacked in Ado-Ekiti on October 30, 2026?

“Afegbua should explain why challenging political violence is supposedly offensive while the conduct of those exercising violence is a model of decorum.

“Decorum is not silence in the face of injustice. It is not defending authoritarianism, excusing political violence, or perpetrating peurile attacks on critics to please political benefactors. Afegbua is known to settle for any dirty jobs available, a propagandist and bogeyman for hire.

“Afegbua was appointed to inform the people of Edo State. But he can’t, because he can’t explain Edo State government expenditure or account for the performance of the administration he serves; there is nothing to report about his failed government led by the brainless Lucky Okpebolo, Governor of Edo State.

“Mr. Afegbua, if you want to debate real issues and answer the real questions about who is qualified to be referred to as a public nuisance, look nowhere beyond your APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is being treated as a real nuisance by Nigerians who are rejecting his presence across the country; Nigerians are treating Tinubu as the nuisance he is in mosques, churches, and stadiums across Nigeria. Look nowhere else.”

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