Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has officially declared to run for President in 2023. Sowore is expected to contest on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC).

He was the party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election.“SOWORE FOR President,” the activist posted on Facebook on Tuesday. 
Sowore had last week said he would make his 2023 presidential declaration in March.

He had also accused the Muhammadu Buhari-led government of arresting him and filing new charges against him to stop his declaration.

A team of armed policemen who laid siege to the entrance of the Court of Appeal in Abuja had last Thursday arrested Sowore over a frivolous petition by a former member of the House of Representatives, Ned Nwoko.

He was taken to the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit, otherwise known as Abattoir, located at Guzape.

Speaking after his release, the activist said he was optimistic about becoming the next president of the country and not being threatened by anyone.

Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s stance of winning the 2023 PDP presidential ticket as a nostalgic belief, adding that Igbos will dump PDP in 2023 if Atiku wins the presidential ticket.

According to Ohanaeze, Atiku’s statement has painted him as a desperate politician swimming against the political currents and tides of the moment.

The Igbo apex group stated this in a statement signed by its Secretary-General Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro and made available to newsmen on Monday.

The group also lauded the middle belt and southern leaders for supporting an Igbo president come 2023.

The statement reads: “Atiku has misread the mood of the nation ahead of 2023, and this miscalculation may retire him from partisan politics in 2023.

The Kaduna State Government has urged residents of the state to be at alert over the threat of possible terrorist attacks in public places.

According to a statement by Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs on Monday, terrorists have planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in some public places such as schools, hospitals, hotels, bars, entertainment centres, restaurants, parks, major roads and places of worship.

The fear was heightened by Sunday night’s detonation of a suspected IED in the Kabala West area of Kaduna.

Aruwan noted, “The Kaduna State government wishes to issue a crucial advisory to citizens across the state for alertness to the threat of explosive devices planted in public places by terrorists.”

This, he said, follows sustained assessments by security agencies and the possibility of terrorists looking to harm residents.