He gave you golden opportunity – Presidency reacts to Peter Obi’s interview

The Presidency has criticised the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, over his recent interview on Channels Television.

The Presidency accused Obi of distorting facts about his political career and refusing to accept the outcome of the 2023 presidential election.

In a statement posted on his X account on Monday, President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the interview as a “PR disaster,” saying Obi failed to revive his political fortunes ahead of the 2027 general election.

Onanuga took issue with Obi’s comparison of his political movement across parties with Tinubu’s political journey, insisting that the President had remained consistent with his progressive political ideology despite changes in party platforms.

According to him, Tinubu moved from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and eventually the All Progressives Congress (APC), all within the same ideological bloc.

He contrasted this with Obi’s movement from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), then the Labour Party (LP), and most recently the National Democratic Congress (NDC), describing the former Anambra governor as a “political nomad.”

The presidential spokesman further alleged that Obi abandoned political parties rather than rebuilding them, claiming he had repeatedly left parties whenever they no longer served his political ambitions.

“Having watched Peter Obi’s interview on Channels TV on Sunday for about 30 minutes, I wasted no time tuning off. If the political nomad thought the interview would re-energise his ebbing 2027 presidential ambition, it turned out to be a PR disaster, judging from the spate of reactions to the many lies he referenced.

“It is not in doubt that if the NDC fails to deliver what you want, you are not far away from the exit door. You would shamelessly migrate to yet another party. You do not build; you always want to reap where you did not sow.

“The second issue is that Seun gave you a golden opportunity to redeem yourself in respect of the outcome of the 2023 election,” Onanuga said.