The Presidency through Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Tinubu, Media and Communication, has urged former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, “to watch what he says and restrain himself from playing to the gallery.”
This is coming after Obi’s statement “where he claims that democracy has collapsed in Nigeria.”
Onanuga tagged the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) “discontented and disgruntled”, saying, he “benefits from the very free speech democracy provides”.
Onanuga said: “I listened multiple times to former Governor Peter Obi’s statement in this clip, where he claims that democracy has collapsed in Nigeria. His hyperbolic remarks, suited for headlines, have been made without deep reflection and lack a solid logical foundation. How can a democracy that has strengthened over the past 26 years be said to have collapsed?
“Only a discontented and disgruntled Peter, who benefits from the very free speech democracy provides, could perceive such a democratic downfall through his lens. If democracy had indeed collapsed, as Peter claims, and we were living under a regime antithetical to democratic principles, he would not have been able to make his comments on Monday at Emeka Ihedioha’s colloquium. I will urge him to watch what he says and restrain himself from playing to the gallery.”
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I listened multiple times to former Governor Peter Obi's statement in this clip, where he claims that democracy has collapsed in Nigeria. His hyperbolic remarks, suited for headlines, have been made without deep reflection and lack a solid logical foundation. How can a democracy… pic.twitter.com/d9gnkMqs2r
— Bayo Onanuga (@aonanuga1956) March 24, 2025
