{"id":127413,"date":"2026-06-04T16:39:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=127413"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:39:04","slug":"resign-now-sowore-tackle-tinubu-over-oyo-school-kidnap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/resign-now-sowore-tackle-tinubu-over-oyo-school-kidnap\/","title":{"rendered":"Resign now,\u00a0 Sowore tackle Tinubu over Oyo school kidnap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By John Azu<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2027 election and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore has called on President Bola Tinubu to rescue all kidnapped school children across the country or resign.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sowore made the call while leading a peaceful protest of the Take It Back (TIB) and #RevolutionNow movements to the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters marched from the Eagles Square in Abuja chanting \u201cTinubu is Boko Haram!\u201d, \u201cTinubu must go!\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are here because of the situation of the country; we are here because the situation in Nigeria is the worst of all the countries surrounding us today, we are here as a rehearsal for what may become the beginning of a final push for a revolution in this country,\u201d Sowore said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are asking that Tinubu with immediate effect go and rescue the children, who were kidnapped from their schools across the country with immediate effect because that is what he forced himself on Nigerians to do<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe presidency that he stole in 2023 and from which we shall never allow him to come back to in this country. Tinubu must go!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe were going to the Villa but they put soldiers in large numbers. 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