On 8 October 2026, [African Action Congress (AAC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Action_Congress) presidential hopeful Omoyele Sowore took to X to accuse [President Bola Tinubu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bola_Tinubu), former vice‑president [Atiku Abubakar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar) and former governor [Peter Obi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Obi) of appropriating his fuel‑subsidy plan after the government announced a 30‑day petrol discount through the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
His post asserted that Atiku and Obi had only adopted his stance midway, while Tinubu allegedly embraced the idea after the other two had already echoed it. Sowore wrote, “On fuel subsidy, the cheaters are all smiling after copying Sowore’s answers!”
**What metaphor did he use?**
Sowore likened the three politicians to students sitting the same examination, saying they were submitting identical answers despite arriving at different times. He added, “Same examination, same copied answers, different arrival times!”
**What was his final assessment?**
He concluded that even if the exam were open‑book, the trio would still fail, emphasizing that copying his proposals would not secure them victory. “But here’s their problem, even if it were an OPEN‑BOOK EXAM, they still wouldn’t pass!” he declared.