Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General election, has deleted a tweet addressing Bola Tinubu as Mr President.
Gatekeepers News reports that Obi, who is challenging the declaration of Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, as the winner of the February 25th election, had earlier, in a statement on his official Twitter handle, condemned the 120-car convoy of the president when he returned from France.
President Tinubu made his first visit as President to Lagos and received a heroic welcome to Lagos, a state he governed from 1999 to 2007 and has been influential in choosing successive leaders on Wednesday.
Hundreds of his supporters and political dignitaries, including Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu were on the ground to give him a state welcome.
However, the visit became a major point of criticism for the president after a long motorcade accompanied him to his new private residence.
Multiple SUVs were seen speeding ahead and behind Tinubu’s car. This is at a time Nigerians are groaning over the increase in petrol prices due to fuel subsidy removal announced by Tinubu during his inaugural presidential speech.
Tinubu’s aide on digital media Olusegun Dada in a tweet said “the official vehicles of the president and principal aides make up less than 10% of the Motorcade” under criticism.
“The other vehicles in the Presidential motorcade belong to Several State Governors, heads of all security agencies, Party Leaders and political associates of the President who were all at the airport to receive him,” Dada said.
Obi, in the deleted tweet, wrote: “Allegedly showing Mr President moving with about a 120-car convoy.
While I have not had the opportunity of seeing the said video, my advice remains consistent – that sacrifices for a better Nigeria must start from the leaders at all levels of government.”
He later deleted the tweet and posted a new one in which he wrote: “We can’t continue to preach for the people to sacrifice without sacrificing too. The sacrifices must now start from the leaders, visibly, and measurably at all times, because the people are suffering. We must now be at the forefront of addressing the suffering.”
