The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has charged the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, to lead the planned nationwide protest.
Onanuga, in a post via his account on the X platform, told Obi to do what President Tinubu and former President Muhammadu Buhari did in the past by leading the planned protest.
The presidential media aide said since Obi has openly declared support for the planned protest, he should be at the forefront of leading the protesters in order to curb their possible excesses.
“Now that Peter Obi has come out to endorse the planned protest by his supporters, he should do what President Tinubu and former President Buhari did in the past, by coming out openly to lead the protesters. That is what leadership is about. Not playing the master puppeteer behind the scene. He should be in the forefront of the protest and help in curbing their possible excesses,” Onanuga wrote on Sunday.
Naturenex recalls Peter Obi, has stated that protest is allowed within the Nigerian Constitution.
Obi made this known amidst the proposed nationwide protest scheduled by some Nigerian youths to hold on August 1-10 over the current economic situation in the country.
In an interview with Channels TV after a visit to Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, on Sunday, the former Governor of Anambra State urged intending protesters to demonstrate in a civil manner.
Peter Obi pointed out that ‘huger and hopelessness’ in the country are the sponsors of the August protest.
Speaking further, Peter Obi urged security agencies to manage the situation within the law and avoid overbearing.
