{
  "id": 18164580,
  "title": "Sowore fumes over attack on Peter Obi, blames APC govt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/sowore-fumes-over-attack-on-peter-obi-blames-apc-govt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T17:53:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/04/sowore-fumes-over-attack-on-peter-obi-blames-apc-govt/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government of sponsoring thugs to attack opposition figures. The allegation was made in response to a reported incident involving the convoy of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), in Cross River State. On Wednesday, Obi was making his way to a town hall meeting in Calabar, the state capital, when the attack on his convoy reportedly took place. Sowore condemned the attack, emphasizing that political violence should not be tolerated, irrespective of party allegiance. He also claimed that state-sponsored thuggery has become a common occurrence in the run-up to the 2027 elections and blamed it on the intolerance of President Bola Tinubu's administration. Sowore asserted that the APC government, particularly its security agencies, is complicit in political intimidation and violence, and appealed to Nigerians to resist this reign of intimidation collectively.",
  "summary": "The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government of sponsoring thugs to attack opposition figures. Sowore made the allegation while reacting to the reported attack on the convoy of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in Cross River State. The incident […] Sowore fumes…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}