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Storm As Tinubu’s Camp Reacts To Chimamanda Adichie’s Letter To Biden

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April 7, 2023

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The camp of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reacted to the feisty letter by celebrated novelist, Chimamanda Adichie to President Joe Biden asking him not to recognise the president-elect upon what she alleged as gross violations of the law and irregularities that marked the presidential election.

GWG.ng had reported that Chimamanda Adichie had in an open letter to President Biden accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of vitiating the trust in it by Nigerians by what she alleged as foisting Tinubu as president-elect through manipulations of the election. She particularly flayed INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu of reneging on plans for automatic transmission of results and not reviewing the reports of irregularities before affirming Tinubu as winner of the election.

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Responding on Friday morning, Bayo Onanuga, director of publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, asked President Biden to ignore the open letter accusing the internationally acclaimed novelist of propagating the interest of her tribesman, Peter Obi.

GWG.ng reports that Chimamanda Adichie had not hidden her open support for Peter Obi.

Bayo Onanuga in his response tweeted on Friday morning:

Everything she said is absolutely what happened, although I'm a card carrying member of APC. Mr Bayo is a lost soul pic.twitter.com/BZM6SOVwEw
— Radio Kelz (@TheRadioKelz) April 7, 2023

Dear President Joe Biden, please just trash the open letter by Chimamanda on Nigeria's election once it gets to your desk. She wrote fiction, inspired by the monumental loss of her tribesman Peter Obi. pic.twitter.com/7hq7iS3c7v
— Bayo onanuga (@aonanuga1956) April 7, 2023

While some again flayed Bayo Onanuga for bringing an ethnic dimension to his response, there were others who egged him on, on the claim that Chimamanda Adichie in her letter to Biden only betrayed her support for Peter Obi.

GWG.ng gathered some of the reactions to the response of the Tinubu camp to the Chimamanda Adichie letter to Biden.

The way eze ndigbo of ajao was dealt with in accordance with the law. You also committed Same offence and you were immune from arrest and prosecution. Selective prosecution will not help your incoming govt. That man can be made to retract his word and apologize like MC Joke.
— Eminent (@asseminent) April 7, 2023

Throughout the night from the moment you read the open letter. This is the only response you could come up with. This is heartbreaking.
— Raines💎 (@rainesclint) April 7, 2023

The way eze ndigbo of ajao was dealt with in accordance with the law. You also committed Same offence and you were immune from arrest and prosecution. Selective prosecution will not help your incoming govt. That man can be made to retract his word and apologize like MC Joke.
— Eminent (@asseminent) April 7, 2023

She’s a tribalist woman who’s only supporting obi because he’s Igbo pic.twitter.com/avEwtgb7G4
— No nonsense zone (@NoNonsensezone) April 7, 2023

You don’t have traction to get your letter to be discussed at the White House. Local champion journalist who fans ethnic attack and hatred just cos you have an interest to get into government to make what your journalist career couldn’t give you
— Odogwu Chinechendo (@Mrtentewa) April 7, 2023

Dear mr bayo you haven't been who I thought you are since you was appointed to be part of Tinunbu Media team, before now I thought your a responsible elder State Man let us think about Nigeria first before any other thing sir
— Arinze Daniel (@ArinzeD07654407) April 7, 2023

Dear @JoeBiden @POTUS, the man with this handle was behind the killings and crises during the 2023 election in Nigeria with his ethnic slur against Igbos, don't listen to him rather, ban him from entering USA and ally countries. Thank you pic.twitter.com/VA48uhvyb8
— Kinglupper (@Kinglupper) April 7, 2023

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