Omoyele Sowore ne ɗan siyasan Nijeriya ne, ɗan gwagwarmayar kare haƙƙin ɗan adam, mai rahoton ɗan ƙasa, marubuci, malami kuma mai fafutukar dimokradiyya. An haife shi a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, 1971, a garin Ondo, jihar Ondo, Najeriya.
Sowore ya kammala karatunsa a Jami'ar Legas inda ya karanci Tarihi da Kimiyyan Ɓiyoyi. Ya ci gaba da yin digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Columbia a birnin New York, inda ya sami digiri na Jagora a fannin Ilimin Ƙasa.
Sowore ya fara aikin jarida ne a shekarar 1994 a matsayin ɗan jarida a jaridar The News. Ya kuma yi aiki a jaridar The Guardian a matsayin mai sharhi kan al'amuran yau da kullun. A shekarar 2006, ya kafa gidan yanar gizon Sahara Reporters, wanda ya shahara wajen fitar da rahotannin bincike kan cin hanci da rashawa da rashin adalci a Najeriya.
Sowore ya shiga siyasa ne a shekarar 2018 lokacin da ya kafa jam'iyyar African Action Congress (AAC). Ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a zaben 2019 amma ya sha kasa. A shekarar 2023, ya sake tsayawa takarar shugaban kasa a karkashin jam'iyyar AAC.
An kama Sowore ne a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 2019, bisa zarginsa da shirin kifar da gwamnatin shugaban Najeriya, Muhammadu Buhari. An tsare shi a tsare na tsawon watanni hudu kafin a sake shi a watan Disambar 2019. An kama shi ne domin ya yi kira ga zanga-zanga na #RevolutionNow, wanda gwamnati ta zargi da nufin kifar da ta.
A watan Oktoban 2020, an sake kama Sowore bisa zarginsa da cin amanar kuɗin da ya tara don kamfen ɗin shugaban ƙasa. An kuma tsare shi na tsawon watanni hudu kafin a sake shi a watan Fabrairu 2021.
Sowore ya kasance mai sukar gwamnatin Shugaba Buhari. Ya zargi gwamnati da cin hanci da rashawa, rashin inganci da kuma take hakkin ɗan adam. Gwamnati ta mayar da magana da zargin Sowore, inda ta zarge shi da yi mata kage da kuma ƙoƙarin haifar da rashin kwanciyar hankali.
Sowore ya auri Opeyemi Sowore a shekarar 2004. Suna da 'ya'ya biyu.
An ba Sowore kyaututtuka da dama saboda aikinsa na gwagwarmayar kare hakkin dan Adam da kuma jarida. Waɗannan sun haɗa da:
Sowore ya kasance fitaccen ɗan Nijeriya wanda ya ke da babban tasiri a siyasar ƙasa. Yana ci gaba da kasancewa mai sukar gwamnati kuma yana kira ga sauyi a Najeriya.