Online attacks on Seyi Tinubu are politically driven – Balami claims

• Comrade Isaac Balami, a younker advocator and APC chieftain, has defended Seyi Tinubu amid viral disapproval pursuing a Vatican video
• He condemned the online bullying arsenic politically motivated mischief aimed astatine damaging Seyi's nationalist representation and discouraging younker information successful leadership.
• Balami urged young Nigerians to absorption connected unity and defy divisive propaganda designed to teardrop down promising figures

A starring subordinate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and younker improvement advocate, Comrade Isaac Balami, has spoken retired against what helium described arsenic a increasing inclination of politically motivated attacks connected Seyi Tinubu, the lad of Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu.

Balami’s remarks travel a question of online backlash stemming from a video that surfaced during the Pope’s inauguration astatine the Vatican.

The president's lad appears to beryllium mildly directed to wherever to spell successful the Vatican successful a viral clip. Photo: IG/Seyi Tinubu
Source: Facebook

Man defends Tinubu's lad amid backlash

In the clip, Seyi Tinubu was seen lasting beside his father, prompting speculation that helium was snubbed during a handshake sequence.

Reacting to this, Balami dismissed the assertion arsenic “deliberate mischief,” insisting determination was nary incidental of embarrassment oregon disrespect.

“From the video, it is wide that Seyi Tinubu was lone going to articulation his dada aft the handshake and was simply directed to conscionable him connected the different exit,” Balami said.“How idiosyncratic volition conscionable beryllium down to initiate this communicative is beyond me.”

Describing the inclination arsenic a targeted smear campaign, Balami warned that specified behaviour does much harm to the governmental and societal advancement of Nigeria’s younker than to its intended targets.

Seyi Tinubu has for agelong been a taxable of online trolls, with his each enactment criticised. Photo: IG/SeyiTinubu
Source: Facebook

He argued that governmental rivalry should not beryllium reduced to the weaponization of falsehoods and online bullying.

“I counsel those with the ‘Pull Him Down’ syndrome to cognize that they tin inactive win without needfully trying to propulsion others down,” helium added.

Balami, who antecedently served arsenic the spokesperson of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), said the attacks against Seyi Tinubu were portion of a larger civilization of “bitterness politics” that threatens the country’s antiauthoritarian integrity.

He called connected young Nigerians to spot Seyi not conscionable arsenic the lad of the president, but arsenic a committed younker person who has shown dedication done philanthropy and nationalist service.

He besides pointed to the enactment of Seyi Tinubu’s foundation, which has focused connected providing enactment for susceptible young people crossed the country, arsenic grounds of his committedness to younker development.

“Seyi Tinubu's enactment for young radical knows nary bounds,” Balami said.

Recalling a past contention involving a factional NANS president who aboriginal apologized to Seyi Tinubu, Balami questioned the effect specified bullying could person connected different aspiring young leaders.

“If the privileged Seyi Tinubu tin spell done this benignant of online bullying, past what becomes of the mean younker who aspires for bigger and amended offices successful the future?” helium asked.

Balami urged Nigerian younker to defy divisive rhetoric and unite for a much constructive governmental future.

Nigerian bishops observe predetermination of Pope Leo XIV

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost had been elected by conclave arsenic new Pope of the Catholic Church aft the ceremonial rites of Pope Francis, who died astatine the property of 88 years.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, present Pope Leo XIV, is the archetypal Pope from the United States of America, USA, successful 2000 years. Born successful Chicago successful 1955, the caller Pontiff besides serves arsenic the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

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Source: Legit.ng