Bayo Ononuga is sufficient proof of how evil communication corrupts good manners. #politics #nigeria

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Mr. Bayonle one of the officials within Mr. President's cabinet did spokesperson actually for for you know the president actually did describe uses a couple of scenarios to describe Mr. Peter Obi and I'd like you to react to it. He described him as a one who moves between parties whenever internal competition becomes uncomfortable. You said that your principal Mr. Peter Obi you know has been consistent but they are saying that look when things get tough he seems to run away. This is according to Mr. Bayonle. He said he moves between parties when things are whenever internal competition becomes uncomfortable he goes to where other people have taught to cook the soup and takes the biggest meat in the pot. How do you react?

[00:00:40]>> [laughter] [snorts] >> That's it. That's it.

[00:00:49]>> [laughter] >> That's the comic That's the comic relief from Bayo. I I Bayo is a father to some of us as young people when we were growing up. He was an impeccable journalist. Bayo shows how much people change once they are polluted by the spoils of office. So it breaks my heart sometimes that I have to talk about people we once looked up to as a mentors who now find themselves in public office and are not able to distinguish tell between right and wrong. So let's go back history. Peter Obi joined APGA when APGA was barely 1 year old.

[00:01:25]When he was contesting for Anambra election he used that seemingly unknown party to win Anambra election twice.

[00:01:33]He won the first term and won the second term in office.

[00:01:36]In 2023 when it became obvious I'm quoting someone. When our other brother here in Edo state Dele Momodu said the PDP presidential process presidential primary process was now dollarized it was a competition of dollars. I am quoting Dele Momodu. This is not Peter Obi speaking. This is not Idris speaking. You have the records you can go back and check.

[00:01:57]Mr. Peter Obi, who had committed all his life not to use his money to bribe anybody in service of country, made a move of leaving the PDP and joining the Labour Party. As at when he joined as at when he joined the Labour Party, the Labour Party was in the backwaters of Nigerian politics.

[00:02:14]A few years down the line, the rest they say is history. Labour Party had a governor, Labour Party had numerous senators, and numerous members of representatives, numerous members of state houses of assembly. Labour people drive Okada won election through Labour Party. Now, you can see clearly from 2023, having seen the capacity of Mr. Peter Obi, I think Peter Obi won the 2023 presidential election. You can debate it all you want. We had the miracle in Abia, we had the miracles in Akwa Ibom, we had the suppression of vote in Lagos, but let's leave all of that. It is now history now. Having seen the capacity of Mr. Peter Obi, the Bola Ahmed Tinubu government had done everything within its power to make In fact, it is a stated objective within the circles of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration that Peter Obi should not be on the ballot.

[00:02:57]Now, the frustration, the cries, the groaning, the squirming, the weeping, the wailing you are seeing in the APC camp is indicative of the fact that they thought they had him covered. They thought they had him cornered in the APC. They thought he couldn't find a way out. Because even within the APC, we have people mouthing the talking points of APC. Somehow, somehow, just in the nick of time, Peter Obi managed to leave. Not only has he left now as a candidate and went to the NDC, he also left with Today, what you can Who you can categorize as the most popular northern politician, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. So, if they cannot deal with only Peter Obi, is it Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, what we now popularly call the OK movement that they can deal with. So, they have a lot in their plate.

[00:03:42]As a final analysis on this, I think Bola Ahmed Tinubu should concern himself instead with telling Nigerians what the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has done in the last 3 and 1/2 years in office. Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration has pulled more people into poverty than any other government in the history of Nigeria. As we speak today, 133 billion Nigerians are multi-dimensionally poor.

[00:04:03]We have over 30 million persons who are suffering acute hunger in Nigeria.

[00:04:07]Nigeria is now the fourth most terrorized country in the world. Nigeria today has more out-of-school children than India. 20 plus million Nigerian children are out of school. So, you are not able to explain to us Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been in office for almost four years.

[00:04:21]>> Mr. Sekhar.

[00:04:22]Because we're also trying to >> major infrastructural project that they can point to. So, these are the frustrations of Nigeria. All right, because we're we're also trying to manage time.