Why The Presidency Is Always Attacking Peter Obi – Sowore

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has castigated the Presidency for what he described as “vicious attacks” on Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).

Mr Peter Obi on Monday, March 24, 2025, sad that Nigeria’s democracy has failed.

Sowore noted that the presidency was always attacking Mr Peter Obi based on their understanding of him as a man that does not like crisis and controversies.

Obi at Hon Emeka Ihedioha’s 60th birthday democracy colloquium, spoke against the backdrop of the declaration of State of Emergency in Rivers State and the release of allocations to the appointed Sole Administrator on the directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu against the judgement of the Supreme Court.

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party specifically faulted President Tinubu’s declaration of the State of Emergency in Rivers State, particularly the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy and members of the State House of Assembly.

But, in a swift response to Obi’s statement, President Tinubu through his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, warned the former governor of Anambra State to be mindful of his utterances.

In the words of Onanuga; “Only 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 at Emeka Ihedioha’s colloquium.

I will urge him to watch what he says and restrain himself from playing to the gallery,” he warned.

Taking to his X handle, Omoyele Sowore questioned Onanuga’s comments on Obi, stressing that the attacks on Mr Peter Obi actually showed that democracy has collapsed under President Tinubu’s regime.

Sowore said; “The statement made by Bayo Onanuga about Peter Obi’s comments yesterday is completely and insanely ludicrous, and the fact that he made such a statement is a testament to the total collapse of ‘Democracy’ under the Bola Tinubu’s regime.

“I must state also that they keep saying and doing such things to Peter Obi because they know he is a wimp!” he said.