A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has disagreed with the claim by politician and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore that Nigeria is a failed state.
Led by Comrade Adeniran Taiwo, members of the coalition, who converged in droves at the Abuja Eagle Square on Wednesday, argued that such claims are capable of planting the seeds of despair in the minds of the upcoming generation of Nigerians.
The coalition accused Sowore of publishing unverified, malicious stories designed not to enlighten, but to destroy Nigeria on his online medium, SaharaReporters.
The coalition likened Sowore’s activities to indoctrination against patriotism, adding his brand of journalism is not a 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 urged 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: “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.”
