WHAT IS THIS SOWORE “APPROACH”? BY TOPE TEMOKUN
To understand Sowore’s approach, one must first understand the life that produced it. His approach cannot be separated from decades of arrests, prosecutions, detentions, surveillance, personal...
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Yesterday, July 10, 2026, marked 27 years since George Iwilade, popularly known as Afrika, a vibrant, brilliant, and courageous student leader and Secretary-General of the Students' Union Government of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, was murdered by cult gangs sponsored by the university authorities.
Since his brutal killing on July 10, 1999, Afrika has grown from a fallen comrade into a timeless legend of the Nigerian student movement. His courage, conviction, and sacrifice continue to inspire generations of young people committed to justice and liberation.
For context, this photograph was taken during one of our solidarity actions in Yaba, Lagos, protesting the persecution of OAU students. Standing together were Afrika, then OAU SUG President Lanre Adeleke aka "Legacy", and my humble self as we unfurled a giant banner inside a massive police cordon in defiance of intimidation.
Afrika and I shared many struggles before I left Nigeria in February 1999. His life was cut short, but his ideals could not be buried. Twenty-seven years later, we still remember him not merely for how he died, but for how he lived: fearless, principled, and unwavering in pursuing justice.
Aluta Continua. Victoria Ascerta. #RevolutionNOW
Shey Tinubu won use Zainab do last wife ni?
Abi why he send @OfficialDSSNG to arrest her?
@officialABAT na your tenure primary school students get kidnapped na still same tenure freedom of press become old story.
#FreeZainab
The revolution will start from Edo State and from there, it will spread everywhere!
I watched the threats and appalling broadcast made by a character claiming to speak for the Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo. My response is simple: we are prepared, fully ready, and determined to begin the revolution from Edo State.
No threat, no intimidation, and no force of repression can stop an idea whose time has come.
Edo State, get ready. Nigeria, get ready.
Nothing can stop it. Wait for it!
#RevolutionNow #Sowore2027
Nigeria Had a Transition to Civil Rule, But Never Became a Democratic Nation - Sowore
Because the military left and abandoned us with a constitution we didn’t know how it was written doesn’t mean we have democratic rule. We don’t have the basic tenets of democracy.
Omoyele Sowore, Human Rights Activist