2026 U-17 WWC: Stop playing victim’- Presidency slams Peter Obi

President Bola Tinubu’s Special Assistant connected Social Media, Dada Olusegun, has criticised the statesmanlike campaigner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, implicit his comments connected the alleged mistreatment of Nigeria’s Under-17 pistillate shot team.

Olusegun accused Obi of attempting to politicise the country’s nationalist sports teams and institutions, describing his actions arsenic distasteful.

He made this known successful a connection shared connected his societal media platform, wherever helium insisted that nationalist athletes correspond the full Federal Republic of Nigeria and not immoderate governmental enactment oregon individual.

According to him, protocols guiding nationalist teams are designed to support young athletes from governmental exploitation, commercialized distractions and unnecessary media attraction portion connected authoritative duty.

He said, “To rotation modular information and administrative protocols into a communicative of governmental victimisation is simply a disservice to the unity that sports are meant to foster successful our country.”

“Mr Peter Obi, I anticipation you volition bespeak connected your manipulative mode of beingness and halt weaponising unverified hearsay to physique a unfortunate narrative. Let our athletes ...