Nigeria’s main opposition figure Peter Obi, has accused Bola Tinubu’s administration of persecution, including the crippling of his businesses.
Peter Obi, who ran for president against Tinubu in the 2023 fiercely contested presidential poll, accused the regime of hounding people sympathetic to his course into submission.
“It is difficult to be in opposition in this country, extremely difficult. Because everything is against you. People don’t want to see you,” the Labour Party politician said in his New Year message. “People don’t want to talk to you.”
He added, “I see colleagues and greet them, and they don’t want to reply. Because they don’t want the government of the day to see them greeting you.”
Obi also alleged that the Tinubu regime was witch-hunting his family and bent on destroying his businesses.
“Your businesses, everything you’re involved in, is being dismantled. What I’ve faced; what I go through; what my family go through; you won’t even believe I could still be standing and going around this country,” Obi stated.
He insisted that he would continue to oppose the regime of Tinubu, a one-time governor of Lagos state, citing widespread corruption.
“But I’ve made up my mind that if this is the end, so be it,” Obi asserted.
The presidency did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
He called on Tinubu to do more for the country and tour the states to have a firsthand feel of the pulse of millions of hapless Nigerians.
