{"id":235421,"date":"2025-09-06T12:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T12:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/professional-complainer-in-chief-apc-slams-peter-obi-over-tinubu-vacation-remarks\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T12:25:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T12:25:33","slug":"professional-complainer-in-chief-apc-slams-peter-obi-over-tinubu-vacation-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/professional-complainer-in-chief-apc-slams-peter-obi-over-tinubu-vacation-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional complainer-in-chief\u2014APC slams Peter Obi over Tinubu vacation remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"368\">The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned former presidential candidate Peter Obi against what it described as \u201chabitual knee-jerk reactions\u201d to national issues.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"368\">The party has urged him to adopt a more constructive approach to opposition politics.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"611\">In a statement issued on Saturday, the party\u2019s spokesperson, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, was reacting to Obi\u2019s recent comments questioning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s private vacation and its purported link to the country\u2019s security challenges.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"875\">Oladejo argued that Nigerians deserve a credible and responsible opposition, not what he termed \u201ca professional complainer-in-chief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"875\">&#8220;He insisted that Obi\u2019s persistent criticism of the president reflected \u201cpolitical desperation rather than genuine patriotism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"1221\">\u201cMust Peter Obi comment on everything?\u201d he asked. \u201cNigerians are not deceived. His constant moralising of the President\u2019s every move is less about patriotism and more about seeking cheap relevance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"877\" data-end=\"1221\">&#8220;By attempting to paint himself as the nation\u2019s conscience, he trivialises governance and reduces complex issues to social media talking points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1223\" data-end=\"1468\">The APC spokesman stressed that President <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/tinubu\">Tinubu <\/a>remained firmly in control of governance despite being on a short vacation, noting that modern leadership allows presidents to remain connected with security and intelligence teams at all times.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1470\" data-end=\"1809\">\u201cMr Obi knows this, but he prefers posturing over pragmatism. Leadership also requires knowing when to speak, how to speak, and when silence is the better choice.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1470\" data-end=\"1809\">&#8220;Unfortunately, Obi appears to believe that his political relevance depends on reacting to every government action or inaction, regardless of context or consequence,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1811\" data-end=\"1987\">Oladejo advised Obi\u2019s aides to guide him on how he engages with the public, warning that his constant agitation and reactionary remarks could damage his image as a statesman.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1989\" data-end=\"2245\">He further emphasised that the APC-led administration remains focused on economic recovery, national security, and restoring confidence in public institutions, while accusing Obi of offering \u201cnothing beyond soundbites, sermons, and perpetual complaints.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2588\">\u201cPeter Obi\u2019s comments amount to noise, not leadership or patriotism,\u201d Oladejo declared. \u201cIf he has meaningful contributions to make, let him present them responsibly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2588\">&#8220;Otherwise, silence is an honourable option. For us in the APC, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, our focus remains on governance, not political theatre.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article was originally published on Politics Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned former presidential candidate Peter Obi against what it described as \u201chabitual knee-jerk reactions\u201d to national issues. The party has urged him to adopt a more constructive approach to opposition politics. In a statement issued on Saturday, the party\u2019s spokesperson, Mogaji Seye Oladejo, was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":235422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[287,274],"class_list":["post-235421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-apc","tag-peter-obi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/APC-and-Obi.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}