By Enitan Abdultawab The Presidency has criticised Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2027 general elections, Peter Obi, describing his recent interview on Channels Television as a “PR disaster” while accusing him of making false claims and refusing to accept the outcome of the last presidential election. In a lengthy post shared on X on Monday, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said he watched about 30 minutes of Obi’s interview before switching it off, claiming the former Anambra State governor’s media appearance failed to revive what he described as his “ebbing” 2027 presidential ambition. “If the political nomad thought the interview would re-energise his ebbing 2027 presidential ambition, it turned out to be a PR disaster, judging from the spate of reactions to the many lies he referenced,” Onanuga wrote.
One of the major issues raised by the presidential spokesman was Obi’s comparison of his political journey with that of President Bola Tinubu. During the interview, Obi had reportedly argued that his movement across political parties was no different from Tinubu’s political trajectory. However, Onanuga dismissed the comparison, insisting that Tinubu had remained ideologically consistent throughout his political career despite changes in party platforms.
According to him, Tinubu moved from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Action Congress (AC), Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), and eventually the All Progressives Congress (APC), maintaining what he described as a progressive political ideology throughout. By contrast, Onanuga accused Obi of repeatedly switching political parties to pursue personal political ambitions. He recalled that Obi was elected governor of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) before defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where he became Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election.
Following the PDP’s defeat, Obi later joined the Labour Party to contest the 2023 election. Onanuga further alleged that Obi abandoned the Labour Party after it became embroiled in internal leadership disputes and later aligned with the African Democratic Congress (ADC)-led coalition before reportedly moving to another political platform. “You do not build; you always want to reap where you did not sow…
A NUP rally during the 2026 presidential campaigns (Photo/NUP) The young party has learned that opposition politics in Uganda follows a familiar script: arrest, denial, detention, court, bail and another wait for justice COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Few political parties in Uganda’s post-independence history have evolved as dramatically as the National Unity Platform (NUP). In just six years, the party has experienced the kind of turbulence that many political movements endure over decades—contentious elections, deadly protests, military raids, abductions, torture, parliamentary triumphs, internal fractures, and the exile of its founder. But rather than fading away, NUP has emerged as Uganda’s principal opposition force, raising a broader question about the resilience of political movements forged under sustained political pressure.
NUP was born out of one of the defining constitutional battles of President Yoweri Museveni’s long rule. In the aftermath of the Togikwatako campaign against the 2017 constitutional amendment that removed the presidential age limit, a new generation of opposition activists coalesced around the People Power movement led by musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine. Draped in its now-iconic red berets and banners, the movement channelled the frustrations of a youthful electorate into a formidable political force, catching both the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and the state security apparatus off guard.
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