Omoyele Sowore, a presidential candidate for the African Action Congress, claims that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is accusing Peter Obi and Datti Baba-Ahmed of treason because it lacks the resources to "fight revolutionary struggle."

In a tweet on Tuesday, Mr. Sowore criticized the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, for charging the LP presidential candidate with treason, asserting that Mr. Obi and his party are similar to the governing All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party.

“Shameless Lai Mohammed and @NGRPresident claims that protected speech and lawful protests against fraudulent election amounts to “Treason” is a hoax and fallacy carried too far,” Mr Sowore wrote.

“They’re harassing @Peterobi and his Vice Presidential candidate, DATTI Ahmed with these tactics because they know they are wimps with zero ability to fight a revolutionary struggle and because they’ve all been partners in crime since 1999.”

The Buhari administration accused Mr. Obi of treason for rejecting the February 25th, 2023 presidential poll at the time Mr. Sowore made his statement.

“Obi and his vice, Datti Ahmed, cannot be threatening Nigerians that if the president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is sworn in on May 29, it will be the end of democracy in Nigeria.

“This is treason. You cannot be inviting insurrection, and this is what they are doing,” Mr Mohammed said in Washington DC, during his official engagements with some international media organisations.

Mr Obi, however, in a series of tweets on Tuesday, dismissed Mr Mohammed’s allegation, saying it is “malicious” and “fictitious.”