Immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan on Wednesday says the accusation by some of President Bola Tinubu that the opposition are the brains behind the planned #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest shows poverty of ideas.
Speaking in a chat with TheScrutiny, Ologbondiyan said the statement from some of the aides of the president accusing Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections and former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar of sponsoring the protests ‘is a lazy way of thinking’.
The veteran journalist who said President Tinubu must personally address Nigerians to douse the tension also warned against counter-protest as it may lead to violence.
“Honestly, It smacks of poverty of ideas. It also shows clearly that those who are surrounding the president are not providing him the right advice. If that is what they are bringing to public space, it then shows what they are telling the president in private. We have a very bad situation on our hands. That is the fact, whether those in government wants to admit it or not”.
“Is it Peter Obi that said Nigerians should be hungry? Is it Atiku that removed fuel subsidy and increased fuel price from N187 to over N600? Is it Obi that said the purchasing power of Nigerians should be ridiculously low to the extent that people cannot even eat once a day?”
“ Is it Atiku or Obi that is responsible for the insecurity in the country where farmers can no longer go to their farms? It is just a lazy way of thinking and it just shows the poverty of ideas of those who are around the president. They don’t know the reality of what is happening in the country. if this is all they can come up with, then it is very embarrassing:”.
