Sowore hits back after Ajibola Basiru called him a ‘skit maker’

African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore responded to APC National Secretary Senator Ajibola Basiru, who called him a “skit maker” and “comedian” on Channels Television. In a statement on X, Sowore recalled that they had opposed military dictatorship together in the 1990s and that he helped Basiru return to university to study law after his expulsion from the University of Ilorin. He accused Basiru of abandoning the democratic ideals they once defended and said political appointments, like Bola Tinubu’s administration, are temporary. Sowore insisted that the struggle for justice, democracy and human dignity is not entertainment.