The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has lashed out at President Bola Tinubu, asking him to stop destroying the democracy that made him President.
Obi made this statement in a post on his verified X handle on Monday.
This is as he demanded the immediate release of a political mobiliser for the NDC, Rilwan Olawale, following his reported arrest at his residence in Lagos.
Obi condemned the arrest, describing it as an attack on democracy and opposition voices.
“Stop destroying the democracy that made you. President Tinubu has remained a huge beneficiary of our democracy and should not brazenly be destroying it by encouraging and facilitating violence,” Obi wrote on his X handle.
He said it was wrong for security agencies to be used to harass and intimidate political opponents.
Obi warned that encouraging political thuggery and violence will set Nigeria's democracy backwards, adding that if such arrests continue, Nigeria's democracy would be in danger ahead of 2027.
Stop destroying democracy that made you president- Peter Obi blasts Tinubu