{"id":40350,"date":"2024-07-24T12:08:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=40350"},"modified":"2024-07-24T12:08:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:08:52","slug":"tinubus-spokesperson-faces-backlash-for-anti-protest-comments-amid-old-support-for-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/07\/24\/tinubus-spokesperson-faces-backlash-for-anti-protest-comments-amid-old-support-for-demonstrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu\u2019s Spokesperson Faces Backlash for Anti-Protest Comments Amid Old Support for Demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abbah<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s Media Aide, Dada Olusegun has sparked controversy with recent remarks warning that those planning to disrupt the country with protests will face strong resistance from both security forces and the &#8220;silent majority&#8221; that elected Tinubu. The aide&#8217;s comments have ignited a heated debate on social media, especially after an old tweet surfaced where he had previously supported the right to protest.<\/p>\n<p>In a controversial tweet on Tuesday, Olusegun said \u201c<em>Those who want to burn the country down under whatever guise will meet the strongest resistance of their lives. Not from security agencies, but from the silent majority that gave their mandate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for four years in the first instance. We are waiting<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This declaration has drawn sharp criticism from many Nigerians who accuse him of hypocrisy. The backlash intensified when netizens discovered a tweet from 2012 in which the aide had voiced support for protests while in opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The reaction from social media users, monitored by <em>Abuja City Journa<\/em>l has been swift and unforgiving:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>@ugonna_jay<\/strong>: &#8220;Empty threats here and there.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@El Bruzieee<\/strong>: &#8220;Hungry man is an angry man. Provocations like this aren&#8217;t helpful. Life is real outside, and people are suffering.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Oluwatomisin<\/strong>: &#8220;You don&#8217;t represent the majority, not even from the last election.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Iruefi XXL<\/strong>: &#8220;You supported protests when you were in opposition in 2012, but now you&#8217;re in government, and you oppose them? Hypocritical.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Festus Okunlola<\/strong>: &#8220;Hypocrite, is that you?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Revolutionary youth<\/strong>: &#8220;Just listening to this foolishness.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Raymond<\/strong>: &#8220;You&#8217;re a joke.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Oluwasegun<\/strong>: &#8220;You&#8217;re crying because they removed you from youth something.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@!(Prof.) OluwagbemigA<\/strong>: &#8220;The government is full of hypocrites. They forget how quickly fortunes can change.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Deekjacob<\/strong>: &#8220;Where did they find this person?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>@Arya Stark is OBIdient&#8230;.<\/strong>: &#8220;You&#8217;re shameless, Segun.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The controversy highlights the tensions surrounding political discourse in Nigeria, where shifting positions and perceived inconsistencies can quickly lead to public outcry. Critics argue that the aide&#8217;s statements contradict his past support for the right to protest, reflecting broader issues of trust and credibility in political leadership.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, the aide\u2019s comments and the subsequent fallout serve as a reminder of the complex and often contentious relationship between government officials and the public, particularly in times of political and social unrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abbah President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s Media Aide, Dada Olusegun has sparked controversy with recent remarks warning that those planning to disrupt the country with protests will face strong resistance from both security forces and the &#8220;silent majority&#8221; that elected Tinubu. The aide&#8217;s comments have ignited a heated debate on social media, especially after an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-40350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40351,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40350\/revisions\/40351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}