Comedian Acapella has taken a swipe at politician, Omoyele Sowore after he launched a barrage of corruption allegations against prominent political figures in Nigeria, including President Bola Tinubu, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party’s Peter Obi.
In a strongly worded post on X (formerly Twitter), Sowore stated, “I did not join Bola Ahmed Tinubu in distributing heroin and cocaine in Chicago. I did not join Atiku Abubakar in looting the Nigerian Customs dry.”
He went on to call out other leaders, including former Senate President David Mark, ex-Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, and Peter Obi, accusing them of aiding systemic corruption, human rights violations, and economic mismanagement.
Specifically targeting Obi, Sowore wrote, “I did not join Peter Obi at the Tin Can Ports while he cleared goods for Sani Abacha when the same Abacha that was dismantling Nigeria brick by brick.”
The statement sparked an immediate backlash, including from Nigerian comedian Acapella, who took to X to dispute Sowore’s claims about Obi.
“First off, Peter never worked for the Abacha government, you lying unrepentant wanna-be hero,” Acapella wrote.
He clarified that Obi had only helped to decongest the Tin Can Port when business leaders sought relief from severe port congestion during the Abacha regime.
“Obi never received any salary for the few months he helped decongest the port, neither was he documented as an official appointee of the Abacha government,” he said.
Acapella also reminded Sowore of his past political alliances: “Whatever you didn’t do isn’t my concern. The mere fact that you were the chief propagandist in bringing in that disaster Buhari into power in 2015, you have no morals to point who is corrupt and who isn’t.”
