Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi to declare his assets ahead of the 2023 general elections.
SERAP made the call in a statement via its verified Twitter handle on Saturday.
In a series of tweets, SERAP directed its call to all the presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election to urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities.
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Furthermore, the group called on the presidential candidates to publicly denounce vote buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.
However, LP’s Obi was yet to make a public declaration of his assets as directed by SERAP.
Before the call of SERAP, Obi has been critical of the system, and government of Nigeria particularly the economy, noting Nigeria has been a consuming country rather than a producing nation.
Obi often blamed the challenges facing Nigeria on poor leadership and lack of vision by leaders.
Obi believed Nigeria is heavily endowed with talented and willing youths, who are hindered by the old people.
Obi also advocated that young people, full of energy and talents, should be given a space to create opportunities for the poor in the country to earn a living.
On the other hand, pesidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore was the first presidential candidate to declare his assets ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Sowore did his declaration in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle on Saturday, stating that he has 2 used cars: a Toyota Camry & Lexus RX 350.
“A home in my village worth maybe N5m, three iPhones, a Galaxy Note 10 Lite a four-bedroom bungalow in New Jersey & nothing more!
“I also recently opened a @capitalone US a four-bedroom that has in it about $300, I have a @ZenithBank campaign account for the #Sowore2023 Presidential account. I have nothing more besides financial support that I occasionally get from friends and family (if those count as assets),” he said.
Sowore stated that he has never operated any offshore account(s) or worked with a tax haven to hide his assets, adding that, “These are the assets I have in my entire life.”
“I reject vote-buying on or before 2023 election date,” he again said.
