“Adams Oshiomhole was never a true activist.” – Sowore From the 1992 struggle era, real activism in Nigeria was defined by clear ideological opposition to military dictatorship and capitalist exploitation — not proximity to power, not labor aristocracy, not personal advancement. While students, radicals, and pro-democracy forces were confronting Babangida’s SAP, mass poverty, and military repression head-on, Oshiomhole’s brand of ‘activism’ was reformist, cautious, and institutionally safe. It was unionism without revolutionary intent. Sowore’s argument is simple and historical: •True activists paid with exile, prison, bullets, and death •Oshiomhole negotiated within the system, not against it •He sought relevance inside power, not the dismantling of power By 1992, the lines were already clear: •Radicals vs collaborators •Revolution vs negotiation •Mass liberation vs elite bargaining Oshiomhole later transitioning seamlessly into establishment politics (ACN/APC, governor, party chairman) only confirmed what the 1992 era already exposed — he was a labor bureaucrat, not a revolutionary activist. 👉🏾 Activism that ends in protecting the same oppressive system is not activism. It is preparation for power. History remembers who fought the system — and who managed it. ✊🏾🔥 #RevolutionNow #OrganizeWithSowore #AACPARTY