Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has taken a swipe at former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, likening him to Premier League footballers who switch clubs almost every season.
Bwala made the remarks during an interview on The Clarity Zone Podcast, where he described Obi as a political opportunist and an actor on Nigeria’s political stage.
According to him, Obi commands a strong presence on social media, with supporters who regularly criticise others for defecting from one political party to another, while allegedly overlooking similar actions by Obi himself.
“Of all the political gladiators in Nigeria, the one who is an actor is Peter Obi. Let me give you a good example. After the 2023 election, he lost everybody he was leading.
“He had House of Representatives and Senators. How many of them are in the National Assembly at the moment? The only governor he had, is the governor with him or with us?
“Taking it down to state, in fact, I have not seen anyone that identifies with him at the moment. All the candidates he had gone across Nigeria supporting, failed.
“He claims to be building a movement. A movement means you are departing from the norm. That means these people can do anything for you but will just realize after a while that oh this is not actually someone with the intention to govern Nigeria.
“Obi is just like Premier League football players that change club every season. He moved from APGA to PDP, then to Labour Party, and now, he is in ADC,” Bwala said.
Bwala’s comments have since sparked reactions across social media, with supporters and critics of the former presidential candidate weighing in on the remarks.
