‘Guilty man crying’ – Presidency tackles Peter Obi over airport row

President Bola Tinubu’s Senior Special Assistant connected Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, has described the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi arsenic a blameworthy antheral who cries the most.

Ajayi challenged Obi to beryllium honourable capable to recant the deliberate mischaracterisation of his acquisition astatine the Nnamdi Azikwe International airdrome successful Abuja.

Obi had accused officials of the airdrome of incorrect doing successful an incidental regarding incorrect parking.

He claimed that his conveyance was unjustly clamped astatine the airdrome arsenic portion of effort to frustrate him.

But the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo had charged Obi to publically apologise to airdrome officials and wage a N25,000 fine.

Keyamo disclosed that an interior probe showed that Obi’s car was unjustly parked.

According to the minister, CCTV footage from the airdrome showed that Obi arrived astatine the home terminal connected July 4, 2026, astatine astir 8:28 p.m successful a conveyance driven by a constabulary officer.

He said that aft dropping Obi and 2 different occupants, the constabulary operator parked the conveyance successful a designated drop-off portion and near it unattended portion entering the terminal, contrary to airdrome regulations.

Reacting, Ajayi posted connected X: “Mr. Peter Obi is simply a emblematic ...