Peter Obi moves to give Tinubu same treatment IBB gave Abiola: Bayo Onanuga

Bayo Onanuga has accused Peter Obi of attempting to deal President-elect Bola Tinubu the same hand that retired military dictator Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) dealt MKO Abiola, whose victory in the presidential election was overturned thirty years ago. Bayo Onanuga’s accusation comes after Peter Obi was accused of attempting to deal President-elect Bola Tinubu the same hand.
The media aide to the president-elect claimed that Mr. Obi’s move to challenge the outcome of the presidential election in 2023 could be viewed in the same way that the election of MKO Abiola in 1993 was invalidated by IBB. This claim was made in response to Mr. Obi’s statement that he would challenge the outcome of the election.

In yet another attempt to drive a wedge between Nigerians of Yoruba and Igbo descent, Mr. Onanuga tweeted on Tuesday evening, “Peter Obi of Labour Party seeks the annulment of the election of President-elect Bola Tinubu just like the military annulled MKO Abiola’s election of 12 June 1993.” This was part of Mr. Onanuga’s ongoing campaign to pit Nigerians of Yoruba and Igbo descent against one another.

On the other hand, he stated that Mr. Tinubu and his followers were ready to defend his election victory and that “Team Tinubu would absolutely meet you (Obi) in court.”

Mr. Onanuga has continued to make incendiary anti-Igbo remarks ever since the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the governorship election in Lagos last Saturday. These remarks endanger the long-standing peaceful co-existence of Yorubas and Igbos.

Mr. Onanuga said in a tweet alongside a photo of Peter Obi, an Igbo from Anambra State who supported Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a Yoruba from Lagos, in the election that “Let 2023 be the last time of Igbo interference in Lagos politics,” Mr. Onanuga said. “Let 2023 be the last time of Igbo interference in Lagos politics.” “May there not be a reoccurrence in the year 2027.”

Mr. Onanuga only seemed more confident in his description of Igbos as “existential threats to Yorubas,” despite the fact that his colleague Festus Keyamo had reprimanded him for his statements.