Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has rubbished a viral social media post that likened the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew.
This comes after a social media influencer Alex Onyia via the microblogging platform, X, made a post saying. “Peter Obi is like Lee Kwan Yu of Singapore. Leaders like him come once in a generation.”
Reacting, Onanuga via the comment section of the post, dismissed the statement, noting that it was deeply insulting to Nigerians. The presidential aide argued that Obi’s record as a two-term governor of Anambra State did not reflect visionary leadership and any sort of development.
He added that the former LP candidate, left Awka, the State capital of Anambra, worst than he met it.
He wrote, “I find posts like Onyia’s very amusing. He is possibly posting for some idiots to gobble everything he says. How can anyone in his right senses compare Peter Obi with the late Singaporean leader, Lee Kuan Yew, a name Onyia misspelt?”
“Peter Obi was not an exemplary governor of Anambra. He didn’t show any vision of development. He did not build a classroom, as has been said irrefutably. Indeed, he left Awka, the capital, worse than he met it.”
He added in Yoruba, “If a man wants to be sharp and bright, he shows the traits in infancy,” implying Obi never showed the kind of promise associated with transformational leadership.
Onanuga concluded by urging Onyia to “delete your egregious joke. You have insulted Nigerians.