{"id":78026,"date":"2025-11-04T09:56:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78026"},"modified":"2025-11-04T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T09:56:55","slug":"lagos-apc-berates-peter-obi-for-rejoicing-over-nigerias-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/04\/lagos-apc-berates-peter-obi-for-rejoicing-over-nigerias-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos APC Berates Peter Obi for \u2018Rejoicing\u2019 Over Nigeria\u2019s Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of taking delight in Nigeria\u2019s challenges instead of showing true statesmanship.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Tuesday, the Lagos APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said the party was disappointed by Obi\u2019s reaction to the recent designation of Nigeria as a \u201cCountry of Particular Concern\u201d by U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Oladejo described Obi\u2019s response as \u201cgrandstanding,\u201d alleging that he turned a sensitive national issue into political drama rather than offering constructive engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen he finally spoke, it was too little, too late, and too predictable,\u201d Oladejo said. \u201cA man who desires national leadership should not need reminders to speak when his nation\u2019s image is at stake. Leadership is proactive, not reactive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He accused Obi of finding satisfaction in Nigeria\u2019s difficulties, claiming that \u201che appears happiest when the country is under pressure,\u201d which he said does not reflect patriotism.<\/p>\n<p>According to Oladejo, Obi\u2019s delayed reaction stems from \u201csour politics and heartbreak\u201d following President Bola Tinubu\u2019s 2023 election victory.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that while President Tinubu\u2019s administration is working to strengthen military and intelligence operations, enhance security cooperation, and drive economic reforms, Obi and his supporters \u201ccontinue to thrive on propaganda and negativity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile serious leaders are working, Obi and his online choir are rehearsing 2023 grievances and clinging to foreign commentary for political oxygen,\u201d Oladejo stated.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Nigerians to remain steadfast in supporting the Renewed Hope agenda and to reject politicians who \u201cprofit politically from national difficulty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria will rise with or without the naysayers,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, of taking delight in Nigeria\u2019s challenges instead of showing true statesmanship. In a statement on Tuesday, the Lagos APC spokesperson, Seye Oladejo, said the party was disappointed by Obi\u2019s reaction to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":78027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1724,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78026","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78028,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78026\/revisions\/78028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}