The special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on policy communication, Daniel Bwala, has mocked Peter Obi, 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, describing him as a character-in-chief and joker.
Speaking on The Clarity Zone Podcast anchored by Chinedu Emmanuel, popularly known as Nedu, Bwala said Obi was engaging in theatrics while responding to claims that the former Anambra governor described him as a ‘character’.
“In the movie, the actor is a character. He is actually the character-in-chief, because what he’s playing is what we call theatrics,” Bwala said.
“You are demonstrating a fictitious picture of a reality that will never exist. I think that is the hope he sold to his people.
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“So, after the election when they saw reality dawn and he lost the election, they couldn’t manage the picture of the fantasy that was painted in their mind, and they ran berserk.”
“They are all over the media now… they don’t have a particular platform where they stay. They migrate and abuse people. And that is because leadership is not easy.
“Leadership is a sacrifice. All these politicians you see, from President Bola Tinubu, and some other politicians who are not up to him, do a lot of sacrifice to build a base; a base that can resonate with them.”
Bwala also rejected Obi’s claim that he had never been to Anambra, saying, “And he also said I have never been to Anambra; I can tell you the road that leads to his house. Peter Obi is from Agulu.”
He went further to detail places in the state: “From Nnewi, you have Umudim, Nnewichi, Uruagu, and Otolo. I can take you to places in the east. I even know the junction where the madman that used to advise him used to stay, very close to Upper Iweka.
“How can he say I have never been to Anambra?”
The presidential aide also joked about knowing where the “mentally unstable man” Obi said gave him advice during his tenure as governor lived, recalling Obi’s story in the lead-up to the 2023 elections about how a piece of advice helped him resolve a major security challenge in the state.
