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Planned nationwide protest: Anyone calling for Obi’s arrest doesn’t mean well for Tinubu – Ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026Calls for Onanuga’s sack\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By Publisher<\/span><\/p>\n Kindly share<\/span><\/p>\n Babachir David Lawal, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, has said arresting Peter Gregory Obi, the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, on the alleged sponsorship of the planned nationwide protests by some aggrieved Nigerians would have grave consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n Lawal warned that the Federal Government would not be capable of dealing with the consequences of such an action.<\/span><\/p>\n He told Newsmen that the allegations by Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu\u2019s media aide, that Obi and the Obidient Movement were sponsoring the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria nationwide protests were false.<\/span><\/p>\n Furthermore, the former SGS that using force against the protesters could be a \u201ccatalyst for chaos\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBola Tinubu should not use a forceful approach with the protesters. They mean well for the country. If they go out to protest and there is an attempt to forcefully stop them, that will be the catalyst for chaos,\u201d Lawal said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTinubu should remove Bayo Onanuga from his position because he doesn\u2019t mean well for his government. His outbursts are inflaming Nigerians rather than pacifying them. When you are in government, you don\u2019t insult the people.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if Onanuga was the spokesman of the Motor Park Touts Association before he got his current appointment. They said he is educated, but it doesn\u2019t show in his behavior. He has an in-built disdain for people, and it shows in the way he talks.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t expect a presidential spokesman to come out and say the planned protest is being organized by Peter Obi. If Obi had the character that Onanuga is ascribing to him, this government would have been down a long time ago.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHow can you say Obi has anything to do with the protest? Even to complain, Obi will not let you accompany him.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is one of the reasons why some of us just kept away from him. When you insult him, he will not reply. He will just go about doing his own business.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLet them arrest him if that is their plan and see the consequences. I know that is what Onanuga is working towards. Anyone asking Tinubu to arrest Peter Obi doesn\u2019t mean well for him. It is like they took cyanide with their own hands and swallowed it.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI really don\u2019t know what Onanuga\u2019s problem with Igbos is. Igbos are good people. They are our classmates from primary, secondary schools to university. They are our business partners; they are our neighbors.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe buy things from them. An Igbo man in my village is the one selling local gin (ogogoro). He left his village and settled down in my village. He is married and has farmlands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Lawal noted that President Tinubu is a nice man surrounded by sycophants and reiterated his warning against the use of force on the protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTinubu is a good man, nationwide protest tagged like Onanuga who will not tell him the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBola Tinubu should not use a forceful approach with the protesters. They mean well for the country. If they go out to protest and there is an attempt to forcefully stop them, that will be the catalyst for chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTinubu should remove Bayo Onanuga from his position because he doesn\u2019t mean well for his government. His outbursts are inflaming Nigerians rather than pacifying them. When you are in government, you don\u2019t insult the people.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know if Onanuga was the spokesman of the Motor Park Touts Association before he got his current appointment. They said he is educated, but it doesn\u2019t show in his behavior. He has an in-built disdain for people, and it shows in the way he talks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n He exonerated Obi of any involvement with the planned protests, saying such is not in his character.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t expect a presidential spokesman to come out and say the planned protest is being organised by Peter Obi. If Obi had the character that Onanuga is ascribing to him, this government would have been down a long time ago.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHow can you say Obi has anything to do with the protest? Even to complain, Obi will not let you accompany him.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIt is one of the reasons why some of us just kept away from him. When you insult him, he will not reply. He will just go about doing his own business.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cLet them arrest him if that is their plan and see the consequences. I know that is what Onanuga is working towards. Anyone asking Tinubu to arrest Peter Obi doesn\u2019t mean well for him. It is like they took cyanide with their own hands and swallowed it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Lawal expressed concern about Onanuga’s hatred for the Igbo, wondering what could be the cause.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI really don\u2019t know what Onanuga\u2019s problem with Igbo is. Igbo are good people. They are our classmates from primary, secondary schools to university. They are our business partners; they are our neighbours.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe buy things from them. An Igbo man in my village is the one selling local gin (ogogoro). He left his village and settled down in my village. He is married and has farmlands.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lawal Planned nationwide protest: Anyone calling for Obi’s arrest doesn’t mean well for Tinubu – Ex-SGF, Babachir Lawal \u2026Calls for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[371,354,155],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-babachir-lawal","tag-bayo-onanuga","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"\n