The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked presidential candidates to “publicly declare their assets” ahead of the February 2023 presidential election.

SERAP earlier wrote an open letter, urging all the presidential candidates to “urgently publish details of their assets and liabilities”.

The group also urged the presidential aspirants to reject vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.

SERAP disclosed this on Tuesday via its official Twitter handle.

“BREAKING: We’re again calling on @atiku @officialABAT @PeterObi @KwankwasoRM to urgently publicly declare their assets and reject vote buying ahead of the February 2023 elections. Candidates must embrace transparency and support bribery-free elections,” the group tweeted.

Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has publicly declared his assets ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Sowore did this while responding to SERAP when the group challenged the activist to publish details of his assets and publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections in July.

He said he had two cars, and a house in his hometown in Ondo State worth N5 million among other assets.

He added that he had never operated any offshore account(s) or worked with a tax haven to hide any asset.

“I have 2 used cars: a Toyota Camry & Lexus RX 350, a home in my village worth maybe N5m, three iPhones, a Galaxy Note 10 Lite (if you could call those assets), SaharaReporters Media Group (don’t know the worth as of today), a four bedroom bungalow in New Jersey & nothing more.

“The Federal government of Nigeria froze my bank accounts since 2019 after I was arrested over ‪#RevolutionNow protest on August 3rd 2019. A ‪@gtbank account I operated in Nigeria had N4,800 left in before my arrest, I managed to open a ‪ @kudabankhelp with N463.00 as of this evening.

“I reject vote-buying on or before 2023 election date. I also recently opened a ‪@capitalone US bank account that has in it about $300, I have a ‪@ZenithBank campaign account for the ‪#Sowore2023 Presidential account. I have nothing more besides financial support that I occasionally get from friends and family (if those count as assets).

“I have never operated any offshore account(s) or worked with a tax haven to hide my assets. These are the assets I have in my entire life.”