Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has told the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, to stop deceiving Nigerians with what he described as “sanctimonious sermons.”
Onanuga made the comment in a post on his verified X handle on Thursday while reacting to the controversy over the debt allegedly left by Obi’s administration in Anambra State.
The statement followed claims by the Chukwuma Soludo-led Anambra State Government that it was still repaying debts incurred during Obi’s tenure as governor between 2006 and 2014.
Onanuga questioned Obi’s record as governor, arguing that his performance in Anambra did not support his promise to fix Nigeria if elected president.
He said, “The evidence is clear. If a small, homogenous state like Anambra could not be transformed despite $4.05 billion in spending and massive borrowing, how can the same manager promise to fix a complex federation of 36 states and the FCT?
“Mr Obi’s eight years were an unmitigated failure, now masked by revisionism. He should desist from deceiving Nigerians with sanctimonious sermons.
“The desperation is even clearer in his reported four-year single-term pact with his running mate, in direct contradiction of the two-term, eight-year provision of the 1999 Constitution.”
