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Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Policy, has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, as a failed politician.
Bwala claimed that Obi does not even know the meaning of democracy.
The statement comes after the former governor claimed that democracy in Nigeria had collapsed.
While speaking at the 60th birthday colloquium for former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, in Abuja on Monday, Obi stated that the progress made since Nigeria’s return to civilian rule in 1999 had been eroded.
However, responding to Obi’s remarks, Bwala, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday, said that Obi doesn’t have a history of democratic activism from his school days to the present.
He said: “It is funny how failed politicians are trying to redefine democracy. @PeterObi said democracy has collapsed.
“Does he even know the meaning of democracy?
“When people were fighting for democracy, Gregory was buying and selling.
“He doesn’t have a history of any democratic activism from his school days to date.
“His expertise lies in instigating hate speech and vitriol.
“Talk is cheap.”
In other news, aPeter Obi Is Already A Failed Politician – Bwala Bellows prominent chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Asiwaju Moshood Shittu, has cautioned the party’s national leader, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, against hastily entering into any political alliance or merger ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja over the weekend, Shittu, a former director-general (North) of the Kwankwaso Presidential Campaign Council, warned that any rushed merger without a clear agenda or credible presidential candidate could be a “marriage of inconvenience.”
He likened it to the 2014 merger that led to the ousting of President Goodluck Jonathan, arguing that it resulted in a worse leadership outcome.
Shittu advised Kwankwaso to carefully assess potential alliances, questioning the credibility of the proposed candidate, the merger’s agenda, and its governance blueprint.
He emphasized that most opposition coalitions in Nigeria fail due to a lack of ideological coherence and vision.
