Spokesperson to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bayo Onanuga, has warned the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Gregory Obi, to watch his words and restrain himself from playing the gallery.
Onanuga was responding to a viral video where the former Anambra State governor speaking at Emeka Ihedioha’s colloquium on Monday, March 24, 2025, said democracy in Nigeria has collapsed.
The presidential aide took to his X handle to counter Peter Obi’s claim of a collapsed democracy in Nigeria, saying if democracy had truly collapsed, Peter Obi wouldn’t be exercising his freedom of speech.
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He said Nigerian democracy had strengthened for the past 26 years; how could it be said to have collapsed? That only a discontented and disgruntled Peter who benefits from the free speech democracy provided could perceive such a democratic downfall.
Onanuga wrote:
“I listened multiple times to former Governor Peter Obi’s statement in this clip, where he claims that democracy has collapsed in Nigeria. His hyperbolic remarks, suited for headlines, have been made without deep reflection and lack a solid logical foundation. How can a democracy that has strengthened over the past 26 years be said to have collapsed? 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.”
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