Hold Peter Obi and His Malcontents Responsible for Any Violent Protests in Nigeria - Onanuga

By:Israel Adeleke

The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has alleged that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his supporters are behind the proposed nationwide protests set for August 1. 

Onanuga claimed that the same individuals responsible for hijacking the #EndSARS protest in 2020 are now planning to stage protests across the nation, citing viral hashtags and promotional flyers circulating on social media as evidence. 

He made these statements in a detailed post on X, warning that Obi and his followers should be held accountable for any ensuing crisis.

He wrote, “Obi should be held responsible for anarchy. Don’t be fooled: the malcontents planning to stage nationwide protests are supporters of Peter Obi, the failed presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And he should be held responsible for whatever crisis emanates from the action.

“The protest planners are also the same people who were instigated by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu to launch the destructive ENDSARS protest in Nigeria in October 2020

“ENDSARS began as a genuine protest by youths against the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, notorious for its high-handedness.

“IPOB members planning to extricate the South East region from Nigeria infiltrated the protest and hijacked it for their own agenda.

“Lagos still bears the scar of the malicious destruction by IPOB elements until today. Two years after ENDSARS, the IPOB and the gullible innocents joined the Labour Party in 2022 to support Peter Obi, a sympathiser of their cause. They are the people spreading the hashtags ‘EndBadGovernance’, ‘Tinubu Must Go,’ and ‘Revolution2024’.”

“They are not democrats but anarchists. They are attempting to call out our people via propaganda because their Messiah, Peter Obi, failed to win the Presidency in the 2023 election,” he said.

“As bad losers, they don’t have the patience to wait for another election in 2027; they would rather destabilise Nigeria by staging a civilian coup against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“If they understand the meaning of their hashtags, they will realise they are clarion calls for treason. Wanting to end an elected government is high treason.

“Wanting revolution is a call for a coup d’etat, which is also high treason. I have been on the trail of one of the protest planners, who is nameless but claims to have an internet radio station, PTM100.88 Abuja.”

Onanuga urged the public to recognize these actions as calls for treason and a civilian coup against President Tinubu, emphasizing that the federal government has already implemented measures to address economic challenges, including increasing the minimum wage and disbursing student loans.

He however stated that those dissatisfied should wait until the 2027 elections to seek change through the ballot box.