Presidency hits back at Obi, calls Tinubu resignation demand “childish” and “unwarranted distraction”

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
The Presidency on Monday dismissed Peter Obi’s call for President Bola Tinubu to resign as “childish” and an attempt to distract Nigerians from the progress the administration says it has made since 2023.
In a statement signed by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency said Obi’s comparison of Tinubu’s tenure with the voluntary departure of a British prime minister showed a “selective and distorted view” of Nigeria’s political system and realities.
“Peter Obi’s latest comments calling for President Tinubu’s resignation, based on a comparison with the British Prime Minister’s voluntary exit, are not...