Omoyele Sowore, the AAC presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, was questioned on Twitter by a user about why he was unable to join the Labour Party. He said, "I would like to know exactly why you don't want to pitch your tent with a 'big' party like the LP in your quest to lead a new Nigeria".

However, Sowore answered him. "Nobody lights a lamp and hides it under a bowl; instead, they place it on a lampstand to illuminate the entire house for everyone," he said on his Facebook.

 This implies that you cannot have such a goal (to become president of Nigeria) and then cover it up or conceal it behind a bowl, in this example, the Labour Party. You would want to place it on the lampstand, which is related to the AAC, instead.

This is blatantly hypocritical and paints Sowore as someone who would like to avoid the hardships of the larger parties' primary processes in favor of the simple ones that AAC can provide. Until Sowore has a more compelling argument, a candidate for president of a nation the size of Nigeria ought to have much more to offer than just cheap hypocrisy.