
The 2019 ambition of Omoyele Sowore suffered setback on Wednesday after GoFundMe suspended his bid to raise $2 million towards his ‘Take Back Nigeria Movement’.
The Sahara Reporters publisher told Premium Times Wednesday night that he could not immediately say why the crowdfunding platform suspended his account, but said he would not be discouraged.
“I woke up this morning and got an e-mail saying saying they’ve suspended the campaign,” Mr. Sowore said.
Previously, he had been asked to provide further details about the purpose of the fundraiser by GoFundMe, which he did without hesitation.
He said the request was most likely due to the popularity that his campaign had garnered from those supporting his presidential ambition online.
But the campaign also elicited resentment amongst his antagonists, especially for its apparent success within the early hours of registration.
“I think they started reporting us as soon as we opened it and they saw we made $1,000 in one hour,” Mr. Sowore said.
The closure could prove demoralising for the anti-corruption campaigner, coming just as his campaign was getting off to a great start.
Mr. Sowore, who lives in New York from where he runs Sahara Reporters, first unveiled his presidential ambition during one of his regular visits to Nigeria last month.
– Premium Times

March 15, 2018 





The only reason why I won’t support this man is that he’s coming from New York, wtf do you know about my country that you wanna come here and become president. I also don’t know shit abt u, u need more promo