Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga has criticised the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, over comments he made during an interview on Channels Television, urging him to accept the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.
In a statement issued after the interview, Onanuga described Obi’s television appearance as unsuccessful, alleging that it contained false claims and questioning the former Anambra State governor’s political record.
Reacting to Obi’s remarks on his movement across political parties, Onanuga rejected the comparison Obi made between his political career and that of President Bola Tinubu.
According to Onanuga, Tinubu has remained within the progressive political fold throughout his political career, beginning with the Social Democratic Party (SDP), before moving through the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and later the All Progressives Congress (APC), which emerged from the merger of opposition parties in 2013.
He contrasted this with Obi’s political trajectory, noting that Obi was elected governor under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), later joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), contested the 2019 presidential election as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate, moved to the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 election and has since aligned with the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
