Sahara Reporters Publisher, Sowore, Accused Of Pocketing #EndSARS Grant

An activist, Oluwatosin Adeniji, has accused that Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, pocket an #EndSARS grant, which she claimed the publisher applied for on her behalf in 2020.

Adeniji is a known associate of Sowore and a member of his #RevolutionNow movement. She said while she was in police custody last year November, the Sahara Reporters publisher applied for the grant in her name, without her knowledge. 

In November 2020, Adeniji and five others were arrested in front of the National Assembly complex in Abuja for staging #EndSARS protest. They were charged for unlawful assembly, among others, remanded in prison but were later released on bail.

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She narrated her ordeal via her verified twitter handle, @callmerahila, alleging that Sowore and his lawyer, Tope Akintoye, applied for a grant in her name but the fund were not released to her.

She wrote, “@YeleSowore, it’s sad that you of all people could take advantage of my predicament. I went to prison last year November over #EndSARS but you decided to apply for a grant in my name without informing me, before, during, and after the application was made.

“Fast forward to January, I found out that a grant was applied for in my name but since you @YeleSowore was in detention I had to ask your lawyer @TopeAkinyod because I found out that he was the lawyer involved in the process.

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“First, you admitted that a grant was applied for in my name through the late Innocent Chukwuma but you are not sure he submitted the application till his death. You also raised concerns that it is possible that the late Innocent submitted the application and someone went behind your back to get the funds. This sounds absolutely unbelievable, especially coming from a man of your kind who would cross seven seas to unravel a mystery.

“I really feel oppressed and sad that after giving my commitment to serve in your movement for years to fight a system of oppression, the same you is this person dishing out all this oppression and lies just to get away with it.”

On his part, Sowore, who is a Presidential candidate of the African Alliance Congress (AAC), denied the allegation.

He tweeted, “I never applied for or received any grants in her name or her behalf!”

See both tweets below:

 

A THREAD@YeleSowore It's sad that you of all people could take advantage of my predicament. I went to prison last year November over #EndSARS but you decided to apply for a grant in my name without informing me, before, during, and after the application was made.

— Tosin Adeniji #EndSARS??? (@callmerahila) April 13, 2021

A RESPONSE: @callmerahila reached out to me earlier claiming a grant app was written in her name and I have confirmed to her that nothing of such existed. Further I volunteered to refund her if any grant was collected on her behalf without her knowledge! /1

— Omoyele Sowore (@YeleSowore) April 13, 2021