Activist and the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has accused President Bola Tinubu of hypocrisy, alleging that he only began calling for peaceful, issue-based campaigns after being confronted at a mosque in Abuja.

Sowore made the allegation in a post on Friday, November 13, questioning the President’s silence over reported attacks on opposition figures and supporters allegedly involving members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He challenged Tinubu to explain why he kept mute when political violence reported in Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, Enugu and Delta states.

Recalling the October 30 attack on his team in Ado-Ekiti, Sowore alleged that the assailants were sponsored by the APC and members of the City Boy Movement, which he claimed was sponsored by Tinubu’s son.

Sowore said he has demanded an independent investigation, regretting that the principal suspects he identified have not been brought to justice.

The presidential candidate further cited the disruption of a Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) town hall meeting in Lagos, where Peter Obi was expected to address supporters, as well as reported political violence in Enugu and Delta states.

“You cannot preach peaceful, issue-based campaigns only when political hostility reaches your doorstep,” Sowore told Tinubu, accusing the President of condemning violence only when it affects his own side.

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The Presidential Campaign Council of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned what it described as the distribution of cash, gifts and food at campaign rallies for President Bola Tinubu.

In a statement signed by its Director of Strategic Communication, Phrank Shaibu, on 11th November, 2026, the Council said that at a time when Nigerians are struggling to afford food, transport, and basic necessities, the display of cash at political gatherings raises concerns.

It said: “The pattern is becoming impossible to ignore. From reports of luxury vehicles presented to APC women leaders to cash and cooked food distributed by the president’s son through the City Boy Movement and now videos circulating of an APC woman leader handing out money and fabrics, the ruling party appears to be treating political support as something that can be bought.

“The same authorities that have pursued ordinary Nigerians over alleged abuse of the Naira must explain why apparent cash distribution by political operatives at campaign events should be treated differently. The EFCC and INEC must investigate these incidents and take appropriate action wherever electoral or currency laws have been breached.”

The Council said after three and a half years of economic hardship, rising insecurity and mounting public debt, the APC has little to show Nigerians.

It added that cash, gifts and displays cannot conceal a record of failure, noting that the administration has pushed millions into poverty while Nigerians continue to demand answers about the scale, terms and use of government borrowing.

“No amount of money can compel Nigerians to endorse a government that has made life harder for them. The people’s votes are not for sale, and no crowd can substitute for their verdict at the ballot box,” it said.

The ADC PCC called on the EFCC and INEC to examine the reported distributions and publicly state what steps they will take, adding that political parties must not be permitted to use cash or gifts to induce support.