A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Festus Keyamo, has said described the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi fondly addressed as ‘Obidients’, as mentally weak people.
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment on Monday April 10 took to Twitter to blast Obidients, saying they rained insults on the presidential candidate of the APC now president elect Senator Bola Tinubu during the presidential campaigns.
The spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council added that the APC received all the insults with equanimity and replied accordingly.
He reminisced that Obidients made skits, memes and caricatured the photos of other candidates and made fun out of it until their presidential candidate got defeated at the February 25 presidential polls.
He said the supporters of Obi now curse any perceived enemy in the last few days.
He implored those he described as the reasonable ones among the Obidients to shun the ignoble bubble and collaborate with the incoming government to make the country better.
Keyamo wrote: “It is evident that the so-called Obidients are MENTALLY WEAK. They threw all sorts of trash at other candidates, including ours, during the campaigns and we took it with equanimity and responded to all such jabs.
“They made memes, skits and caricatured the images of opponents and had fun until the reality check of Feb. 25th. But now that the heat has turned on them and their ‘hero’ in the last few days or weeks, they have obviously cracked with many losing their heads.
“Just one audio sent them into a pitiful tailspin with close aides confirming and denying the audio all at the same time like a ragtag army.
“And with the avalanche of criticisms from unlikely quarters in the last few days, they have completely lost it. They are cursing and swearing at every perceived enemy and are beginning to sound forlorn. It is evidence of a weak mentality.
“But I have good news for them: it is time for the reasonable ones who are patriots amongst them to quickly exit that ignoble bubble and join hands with the in-coming administration to move this country forward. Anything short of that would be tantamount to continuously ‘living in bondage!”
The Informant247 recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election.
According to INEC, Tinubu came victorious with 8.8 million votes.
The presidential candidate of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar came second with 6.9 million votes, while Peter Obi, had 6.1 million votes.