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Sowore wants APC receipts before paying for Villa campaign launch

On Arise News, the presidential candidate argues that access to Nigeria's seat of government should not depend on which party holds power.

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Arise News Story of October 23, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 61,503 views a day, 27 times a normal first day on this channel (2,299).

If the APC Can Use the Presidential Villa For Political Activities, We Are Entitled to Same - Sowore

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1:57Sowore argues that equal access to public spaces should extend to his proposed Presidential Villa campaign launch.
3:07He says the AAC will pay only if the APC produces receipts showing payment for its own events.
5:00He distinguishes opposing government waste from seeking access to privileges without discrimination.
12:08Challenged on electoral viability, Sowore describes the AAC as a social movement with a record of organizing protests.
20:22His policy promises include round-the-clock electricity, restored fuel subsidies and decent living wages.
21:18He argues that lasting security requires tackling poverty and unemployment alongside technology and police training.

Omoyele Sowore's request comes with more than a venue preference: he wants catering and logistical support for a campaign launch at the Presidential Villa. Asked whether his African Action Congress would pay, he sets a condition. First, the ruling All Progressives Congress should show receipts for its own events there.

In the Arise News Prime Time interview, Sowore says the APC has used the Villa for party meetings and personal gatherings. His argument is about equal treatment: if the governing party can use a public institution for political activities, he says, other parties should have access too.

"As Nigerians, we must be treated equally as the APC," he says.

The interview drew about 28,000 views in seven hours, a much faster start than a regular Arise News upload. Its central question is concrete: who gets to use the banquet hall, and on what terms?

The host presses Sowore on whether seeking those benefits contradicts his opposition to government waste. He draws a distinction between wasteful spending and access to privileges that he argues should be available without discrimination.

Later, the conversation moves from the proposed launch to governing. Sowore promises round-the-clock electricity, restored fuel subsidies and decent wages. On security, he argues that technology and police training must go alongside tackling poverty, inequality and unemployment. The host also challenges whether his activist background has prepared him to manage institutions and budgets; Sowore responds that activists can be visionary leaders.

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The facts

Channel: Arise News
Subscribers: 1,260,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 5,279,174
Channel views, pace per day: 1,005,564 (on a normal day: 605,817)
Video published: October 22, 2026
Video views so far: 27,687 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 61,503

The numbers

The Prime Time interview is drawing views far faster than Arise News' usual regular-video start. The count below reflects its opening hours, not a completed first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,299

this video

61,503

subscribers

1,260,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

802,987,935

views per day

1,005,564