{"id":113331,"date":"2024-07-20T18:02:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113331"},"modified":"2024-07-20T18:02:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T17:02:52","slug":"presidency-accuses-lp-obis-supporters-of-planning-mayhem-orders-dss-to-go-after-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/presidency-accuses-lp-obis-supporters-of-planning-mayhem-orders-dss-to-go-after-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidency accuses LP, Obi\u2019s supporters of planning mayhem, orders DSS to go after them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1805110809199672572\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidency has ordered security agencies including the Department of State Services (DSS) to go after supporters of the Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, for allegedly planning mayhem across the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA post on the X handle of Bayo Onanuga, a media aide to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday, accused Mr Obi and his supporters of planning protests to instigate anarchy in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Obi\u2019s supporters are the people planning mayhem in Nigeria: Obi should be held responsible for anarchy,\u201d Mr Onanuga wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be fooled: the malcontents planning to stage nationwide protests are supporters of Peter Obi, the failed presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And he should be held responsible for whatever crisis emanates from the action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Onanuga further said, \u201cIf they understand the meaning of their hashtags, they will realise they are clarion calls for treason. Wanting to end an elected government is high treason. Wanting revolution is a call for a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, which is also high treason. President Tinubu has a four-year mandate to run his agenda. Those calling for protest should wait till 2027 to either re-elect him or elect their messiah, Mr Peter Obi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the country\u2019s economic crisis predated Mr Tinubu\u2019s government, his recent policies, including the removal of fuel subsidy and floating the naira, exacerbated the situation. The removal of the subsidy has caused petrol prices to surge from N145 to N710 per litre, and the naira has depreciated to over N1,500 to the dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Economic experts and the International Monetary Fund lauded the measures as bold reforms. However, the resultant inflation has sparked protests across several states, including Niger, Osun, Ibadan, and Lagos, Mr Tinubu\u2019s home state.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government distributed trucks of rice to states to cushion effects of hunger and raised minimum wage to N70,000 from N30,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidency has ordered security agencies including the Department of State Services (DSS) to go after supporters of the Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, for&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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