SERAP asks Peter Obi, others to declare their assets

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) called on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to declare his assets ahead of the 2023 general elections.

The call by SERAP was made on Saturday in a statement posted on its verified Twitter handle.

In a series of tweets, SERAP directed its call to all the presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election to publish details of their assets and liabilities without delays.

Besides declaring assets, the group also asks the presidential candidates to publicly proclaim that they would not engage in vote buying and electoral bribery on and before the elections.

The LP flagbearer, Peter Obi, is yet to declare his assets publicly as directed by SERAP.

However, before SERAP asked Obi to declare his assets, he had been critical of the system, and government of Nigeria, especially the economy, stating that Nigeria is still a consuming country rather than a producing one.

He has constantly poured blames on people in the government for the country for the challenges the country is facing saying that their poor leadership skills and lack of vision led us to the state.

Obi strongly believe that the country is blessed with a talented and willing youth population that the older people hinder.

Obi also clamoured that young people full of energy and talents should be allowed to earn a living in the nation.

Meanwhile, Omoyele Sowore, the presidential flagbearer of the African Action Congress, AAC, is the first presidential candidate to declare his assets ahead of the 2023 general elections.

He made the declaration in a series of tweets via his Twitter handle on Saturday and stated 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 (if you could call those assets), SaharaReporters Media Group ( don’t know the worth as of today), a four bedroom bungalow in New Jersey & nothing more!” he added.

“I also recently opened a @capitalone US bank account 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 added.

Sowore stated that he has never operated any offshore account(s) or worked with a tax haven to hide his assets, adding, “These are the assets I have in my entire life.”

The human rights activist and pro-democracy advocate condemned vote-buying during the much-anticipated 2023 elections.

“I reject vote-buying on or before 2023 election date,” he said.

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