Sowore said he has what he described as an organic structure, saying Nigerians who are tired of failed governments and yearning for real change are his structure.
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said that he started the 2020 #EndSARS protest in Abuja after reaching out to some popular human rights activists including Aisha Yesufu and Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz.
Sowore, in an interview aired by Channels TV on Tuesday, said he called Yesufu, and got in touch with Falz through his father, Femi Falana among other activists. He said after they agreed to hit the street, he started the protest in Abuja and went to the National Assembly.
Responding to a question on the structure of his political party, Sowore said he has what he described as an organic structure, saying Nigerians who are tired of failed governments and yearning for real change are his structure.
According to him, the people have always been his structure since 2019 as he has spent most of his life fighting justice for the people, adding that in 2020, he was the first person to start the #EndSARS protest in Abuja before it expanded across the country.
He said, “I was the first person to start #EndSARS in Abuja. I was the first person to take young people to the Police Headquarters. The first ever #EndSARS protest, I led it.
“I was the first person to call the people and ask them, do you want us to hit the streets of Abuja to trigger #EndSARS? Let’s make it happen. Subsequently, it led to the #EndSARS. I went with Deji Adeyanju, Aisha Yesufu. I was the one who called on Falz through his dad and we eventually spoke and they did their own in Lagos and #EndSARS grew.
“When #EndSARS was evolving, they said that they did not want to be led by anybody. It was a leaderless movement which was in itself a mistake because the government wanted to fix on #EndSARS, leaders that they could talk to, and at that time, it started getting political as well.
“I continued and when it was going to the end even after they shot people in Lagos, I was the one who led the youths to go and put graffiti at the airport, at the police headquarters and the National Assembly.”