APC Governor Who Called Obi ‘My Boss’ Kneels Before Tinubu

Controversy was breaking out on Friday morning after one of the country’s leading lights in the Obidient Movement alleged that Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State who publicly backed Peter Obi that it was a national disgrace to import food from Ukraine was summoned within 24 hours to face President Bola Tinubu.

Besides his lamentation, he had also called Obi ‘my boss.’

GWG.ng reports that Obi had recently lamented the importation of food materials from war-torn Ukraine citing it as another example of the failure of government to lead.

He had called it as a national disgrace for Nigeria to import grain from the war torn Ukraine.

His words were fully endorsed by Governor Bago at the Leadership Newspaper Awards last Tuesday where he, Obi and some other governors were honoured with awards in different categories.

Speaking on the occasion, Bago said:

“My boss, (Obi) you are very right on what you’ve said. We have no reason to be poor. People may not like you, but they must hear you. What you say is the gospel truth.

“It is time we tell ourselves the basic truth. We need to feed ourselves. It is a shame for people (sic) like Ukraine in war to be giving us food.

“Nigeria needs to be productive. You cannot be out of poverty unless you start to produce. I’m not an advocate of handouts and palliative. I don’t believe in it.”

However, late on Thursday, one of Nigeria’s leading Obidients, with the twitter handle, Nefertiti@firstladyship posted a picture of Governor Bago kneeling before President Tinubu with the insinuation that it was because he backed Obi and even called him my Boss.

The post read thus:

The post has excited some members of the Obidient community, though there were some who passed it away as a younger man greeting the more elderly president.

GWG.ng gathered some of the reactions:

Lagos Cinematographer @naturalboifilmz

One aspect people often underestimate about Peter Obi is that any successor aspiring to bring about a new Nigeria, that will resonate with the people as Peter Obi did, would repeat every aspect, words, personality, ideas, character and achievements that Peter Obi embodies. E go be like copy and paste, then everybody will now regret over not having Peter Obi initially.

ANGRY NIG3RIAN  @emekao2

Apt. He even called him my boss and it triggered the imposter boss who wants to show the whole on camera his the boss    

I’m Kingsley @KingsleyNwelek1

Hey stop this instigation. Acknowledging what Obi said has nothing to do with him paying respect to the president. Let’s not be sad and biter

Wordman @Brightofulue

How you all twist narratives to suit a premeditated thought gives us more reason to thank God for delivering us from the hand of OBI

Alex Amadi @AlexOamadi

This was a posture for the camera…. their President was not looking at the Governor but the camera. This President no well. How can you do this to a full grown man in public.

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