Tinubu’s Aide Accuses Obi Of Politicising Flamingos’ World Cup Triumph

Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on New Media, Segun Dada, has accused former Anambra State governor Peter Obi of politicising Nigeria’s national sports teams following a controversy over an alleged attempt to prevent him from greeting members of the Flamingos at an airport.
Dada, in a post on his X handle, described attempts to turn the incident into a political controversy as distasteful, insisting that national athletes represent the entire country rather than any political party or individual.
His reaction followed a post by Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), in which he alleged that officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF...