Aso Rock Blasts Peter Obi for Claiming He Might Be Killed Before 2027 Election to Gain Cheap Pity

The Presidency has fired back at opposition leader Peter Obi, describing his recent public claims that his life and businesses are under direct threat from the federal government as complete lies and desperate fabrications.

The heated war of words erupted after Obi, a prominent standard-bearer for the newly active political coalition, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), sat down for a high-profile podcast interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo. During the session, the former Anambra State governor painted a grim picture of his political future, alleging that the state is executing a silent, coordinated campaign to choke his private business interests, frustrate his financial operations, and intimidate his close social associates. In his most alarming statement, Obi went as far as suggesting that if the alleged state-sponsored persecution continues, he might not even be alive to cast a ballot or contest the general elections scheduled for 2027.

Aso Rock did not take the allegations lightly. Delivering a sharp institutional rebuttal on social media, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, completely rejected Obi’s narrative. The presidential spokesman accused the opposition candidate of deliberately weaponizing victimhood to manipulate public emotions and shore up a fading political footprint.

According to Onanuga, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration is entirely focused on driving structural economic reforms and has neither the time nor the appetite to hunt opposition figures or micromanage their private financial affairs.

“The assertions are nothing but a collection of baseless rumors and cheap propaganda,” Bayo Onanuga fired back in his official statement. “Peter Obi is merely trying to attract undue public sympathy because he knows his political relevance is rapidly diminishing and he faces a growing credibility deficit. The federal government is not harassing him, nor are we pressuring anyone to avoid him socially. This administration is busy working for Nigerians, and we will not be distracted by sensationalist statements designed to score cheap political points ahead of the next election cycle.”

The presidency also moved quickly to demystify a specific incident highlighted by Obi during the podcast, where he claimed his personal vehicle was targeted and harassed by officials at a domestic airport. Providing an alternative context, Onanuga explained that an independent review of the airfield incident showed it was a straightforward case of a parking regulation breach by Obi’s own logistics team. The spokesman emphasized that traffic and safety laws apply to every citizen equally, noting that enforcing basic airport rules against a politician’s driver should never be spun into an elaborate government assassination conspiracy.

With the next general election cycle slowly gathering steam, this public clash underscores the growing political friction between the ruling party and the opposition core. While Obi’s support base continues to express concern over his safety in the wake of the interview, the presidency insists that the opposition must learn to debate on actual policy tracks rather than inventing security scares to capture national headlines.