The Coalition of civil societies organizations (CSOs) have slammed politician and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore for allegedly indulging in hate speech against the country.
Led by Comrade Adeniran Taiwo, members of the coalition who converged at the Abuja Eagle square on Wednesday claimed that Sowore’s pattern of “reckless blackmail” has become a subtle programming but a dangerous re-education of youth and young adults to hate their fatherland.
They argued that by constantly painting Nigeria as a failed, irredeemable mess; and demonizing every attempt at leadership reform, he is allegedly planting seeds of disdain and despair in the minds of young Nigerians.
Taiwo who is of the Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative particularly accused Sowore of transforming Sahara Reporters into a tool of personal vengeance, allegedly publishing unverified, malicious stories designed not to enlighten, but to destroy Nigeria.
The coalition likened Sowore’s activities to that of indoctrination against patriotism adding his brand of journalism is is not civic duty but pure digital terrorism in disguise.
The coalition therefore called for the immediate investigation and prosecution of Sowore for cyber libel, willful misinformation, incitement, and calculated character assassination.
They also urge the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), civil society watchdogs, and media regulators to publicly distance themselves from Sowore’s practices.
The coalition noted: “Silence is complicity. To stay quiet while one man poisons the civic space with unchecked lies is to endorse impunity. There is nothing noble about a man who uses a megaphone not to amplify truth, but to wreck lives, reputations, and trust in our national identity.
” Sowore’s conduct is not activism—it is sustained aggression against public decency, masked as patriotism. Let the truth be told: his voice is no longer prophetic—it is parasitic. And if the institutions of state do not act, history will remember that a nation stood by while one man led millions into cynical hatred, not of bad governance, but of their own homeland. We refuse that legacy. We demand accountability.”
