Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, says the party is not part of any single-candidate coalition talks led by Professor of Political Economy Pat Utomi.
Sowore made this known in a statement posted on his verified X handle.
Utomi had initiated a political commission with plans to hold closed-door meetings with shortlisted opposition presidential candidates and their party leaders as part of efforts to form a coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Reacting, Sowore said that the AAC represents a fundamentally different political and ideological direction, noting that its revolutionary agenda is driven by ideological clarity, not political convenience, elite horse-trading or desperation for access to power.
According to him, the party cannot enter into a coalition with the same political establishment it has consistently opposed, stressing that many of the politicians now presenting themselves as an “alternative” have, at different times, operated within the same political order across the APC, PDP, Labour Party and other formations that have failed Nigerians.
“I have read a report stating that a Political Commission led by Prof. Pat Utomi intends to hold talks with several presidential candidates, including myself, with the objective of producing a single opposition presidential candidate for the 2027 election.
“For the avoidance of doubt, neither I nor the African Action Congress is part of these talks, and we will not be joining any such coalition. Our position is clear and principled.
“The AAC is offering Nigerians a different path: a revolutionary break from the old order and a programme founded on social and economic justice, equal rights, accountable government, and the redistribution of political and economic power to the Nigerian people.
“We will not abandon that programme for an arrangement whose principal objective is simply to replace one set of establishment politicians with another,” he tweeted.
2027: ‘Count AAC out’ – Sowore rejects Utomi’s single-candidate coalition plan