The Presidency has lambasted the Nigerian Democratic Congress’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for calling on President Bola Tinubu to resign like British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer did.
In a statement issued on Monday and signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency, described the call as “childish, hollow and an unworthy distraction.”
It said, “Peter Obi’s latest comments calling for President Bola Tinubu’s resignation, based on a comparison with the British Prime Minister’s voluntary exit, are not only misplaced but also reflect a selective and distorted view of Nigeria’s realities since 2023.
“His view is also simplistic, as is often the case anytime he opens his mouth. Obi forgets our country does not run a parliamentary system of government like the UK.
“We run a presidential system, with the president elected to a fixed four-year term.
“Moving to use X to harangue the President out of office is off the mark and anti-democratic,” the statement added.
It would be recalled that in a post shared on X, Obi had called for Tinubu’s resignation, stating that he was inspired by developments in the United Kingdom, on Monday, where the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, announced his planned resignation.
“This morning, I listened to the British Prime Minister’s speech announcing his planned resignation in July.
“As a keen observer of global politics, my primary interest lies in examining what successful nations do right and the structural factors that cause others to lag or struggle with governance and development,” Obi wrote.
