Admin l Tuesday, April 13, 2021
LAGOS, Nigeria – A former Presidential Aspirant and Convener, #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore and his lawyer, Tope Akiyode have been accused of allegedly of fraudulent dealing.
Tosin Adeniji, a member of the #RevolutionNow movement blew the lid on Tuesday when she alleged that Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporter and Akiyode backstabbed and pocketed funds met for her during the period she was in prison for leading the #EndSARS protest.
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Tosin Adeniji alleged that Sowore and Akiyode applied for grant using her name, pocketed the funds and turned back to deny it after initial confirmation via whatsApp messages, which she documented as evidence. She said she did not know about the development until a woman called and informed her about it.
Besides, she related that Tope Akiyode informed her that she was not told because it was to be used as a surprise which never came, even months after she left prison.
She is sad and feeling betrayed by Sowore, whom she views as an ardent fighter for the oppressed. The grand according to her was applied for through the late Innocent Chukwuma, who was also involved in human rights activities until his demise.
“Tosin Adeniji@callmerahila @Yele Sowore 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 not even my consent, yet we live under the same roof.
“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.
“@Yele Sowore: He admitted they you both applied for a grant in my name but you didn’t tell me because he feels you want to make it a surprise and that he doesn’t know the current status that I should find out from you
“First, you admitted that a grant was applied for in my name through Late Innocent Chukwuma but you are not sure he submitted the application till his death. You also raised concerns that it is possible that 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. Also, you said to me that the reason I wasn’t informed was that you wanted @topeakinyode to open a human rights office in Abuja with the funds but Tope revealed to me in our conversation this morning that there was a separate application for that purpose.
“When I insisted that I must get my funds from you, you then said it wasn’t you that applied but @topeakinyode did. I reached out to @topeakinyode immediately and he said he wrote a concept paper for a grant in my name on YOUR INSTRUCTIONS (To which I have evidences) When I further insisted on getting my grant from you, you and Tope connived to reverse your words and denied out rightly that no grant was ever applied for in my name (whereas I have evidence of Tope admitting to it many time before this plotted denial).
“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”, Tope Adeniji said.
