Sowore rejects Buhari's apology saying he made life sheer hell for Nigerians over eight years

AFRICAN Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate Omoyole Sowore has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari's apology offered to Nigerians asking that he be forgiven for any hurt he might have caused while in office.

On May 29, President Buhari will leave office after spending two four-year terms in office and former Lagos State governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been elected as his replacement. Last week, President Buhari asked Nigerians to pardon him, especially those he might have been hurt while he was discharging his duties.

However, Mr Sowore has rejected President Buhari's apology, saying he did not only hurt Nigeria but dehumanized citizens of the country with some unfavourable policies. He declared that the opportunities President Buhari crushed will continue to hunt and haunt him till the end of time.

Mr Sowore added: “You denied Nigerians of a decent life, you denied children, women, men, old and young, an opportunity to live and thrive. You destroyed businesses, you took innocent lives, you destroyed the educational sector, you deprived the sick and infirm of an opportunity to be nursed to health.

"You unjustly detained and imprisoned many. You encouraged violence where you couldn’t carry it out yourself.

"You created division through religious bigotry and ethnicity. Yourself, your family members, cronies and members of your cabal perpetrated untold corruption.”