{"id":4987,"date":"2025-03-25T10:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=4987"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:26:28","slug":"watch-your-utterances-presidency-cautions-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/03\/25\/watch-your-utterances-presidency-cautions-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch your utterances, Presidency cautions Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"article-page\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-8\">\n<article class=\"single-article\">\n<div class=\"post-content\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"footer-top\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>A presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, has cautioned former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, to be mindful of his statements after the former governor claimed that democracy in Nigeria had collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Obi, while speaking at the 60th birthday colloquium for former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, in Abuja on Monday, said the progress made since Nigeria\u2019s return to civilian rule in 1999 had been eroded.<\/p>\n<p>He stated, \u201cIf you looked at where we are today, it\u2019s like, they (the PDP) started in 1999, laid the foundation. Some people came and took it to the decking, and some people were trying to take it to the first floor, when some people came and knocked everything down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is the situation we are now. Everything has been knocked down, and nothing works. I am somebody who can say this, exemplarily. I became a governor through the courts when President Obasanjo and Atiku were in government.<\/p>\n<div id=\"show360playvid\" class=\"360playvidUnit\">\n<div class=\"cleanslate360pv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cleanslate360pv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cI did not pay the court one naira. I was sitting in my offic,e and the court declared me the winner, when the governor was not seeing them. This cannot happen in Nigeria today.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reacting to the remarks, Onanuga, in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, dismissed Obi\u2019s claims as exaggerated and lacking in logical foundation, insisting that democracy in Nigeria has only grown stronger over the past 26 years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI listened multiple times to former Governor Peter Obi\u2019s 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,\u201d Onanuga wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop-only margin-top margin-bottom \">\n<div class=\"ad-container-inner\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1652278950647-0\" class=\"punch-admanager\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy further argued that if democracy had indeed collapsed, Obi would not have been able to express his views so freely at the colloquium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly 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,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Onanuga warned Obi against making statements that could mislead the public, urging him to exercise restraint and avoid what he described as playing to the gallery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will urge him to watch what he says and restrain himself from playing to the gallery,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop-only margin-top margin-bottom \">\n<div class=\"ad-container-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"whatsapp-promo\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, has cautioned former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, to be mindful of his statements after the former governor claimed that democracy in Nigeria had collapsed. 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