The Presidency has refuted claims by the 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, that he is being targeted by the President Bola Tinubu government.
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Obi suggested that his life was under threat because Mr Tinubu’s government was constantly frustrating and targeting him.
But reacting in a post on his X handle on Wednesday night, Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser on information and strategy to Mr Tinubu, described the claims as “unfounded and misleading.”
“His claim that he may not be alive for the January 2027 election and that people are being pressured not to invite him to social events is nothing more than a fabricated narrative, a page from his book of lies and propaganda,” Mr Onanuga said.
“These claims lack substance and are designed to attract undue sympathy and deflect attention from his credibility deficit and the problems faced by his SPV and his adopted political association, the NDC,” he added.
