The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has taken a swipe at former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing him as inconsequential in the forthcoming election.
Taking to his account on Monday, Onanugacriticized Obi for always attacking President Tinubu and his administration’s policies online.
According to him, Obi and other opposition leaders have turned President Tinubu into their favourite whipping boy.
The presidential media aide, however, insisted that Tinubu has nothing to do with Obi’s decision to dump the Labour Party or the challenges facing his new party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
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He accused the former Anambra State Governor of failing to demonstrate leadership in resolving the Labour Party crisis and also failing to take the initiative to turn the Obidient Movement into a political party.
According to Onanuga, should Peter Obi emerge as a presidential candidate for any party in the 2027 elections, he would be no match for President Tinubu, boasting that the former Labour Party candidate can’t repeat the 2023 feat.
In the words of Onanuga, “I wonder why all these incompetent politicians are turning President Bola Tinubu into their favourite whipping boy. The President has nothing to do with Obi’s abandonment of the Labour Party or the jam he appears to have run into in the ADC.
“After using the Labour Party to vie for the highest office in the country, Obi dumped it in a classic case of use-and-dump. He failed to demonstrate leadership in resolving the party’s crisis.
“Instead, he went to the embrace of his IPOB base, the so-called Obidient movement, which is more active online. You would think the man would transform the movement into a political party. But no, he didn’t do any such thing. He is just incapable of building an organic party of his own.
“Because he knows he needs a political structure to realise his doomed dream of winning the presidency, he shopped for a cooked soup to partake in the ensuing party. The peripatetic politician moved to the hijacked ADC, an SPV bought by Atiku Abubakar from Ralph Nwosu. No due diligence appeared to have been conducted by the new owners, and thus, the nightmare they are confronting today.
“What is the connection of Tinubu with the ADC crisis? Absolutely none. Whatever problem they have is self-inflicted. Obi and his co-travellers need to get their acts together, clear the mess in their new party and then compete for the presidential ticket. Let them go and settle with Nafiu Gombe and other disenchanted ADC members. As of now, Obi, without being made a candidate, is inconsequential for 2027. The fact that he came third in 2023 does not mean he will have the same showing in 2027, if he ever becomes a candidate of any party. 2023 is not like 2027. President Tinubu is an incumbent with many achievements to flaunt, most of which Obi has been blind to acknowledge. First things first. Let the man become a candidate first. All this blackmail against the President is sheer baloney, a very unfair attempt to besmirch his democratic credentials.”