Protests: After social media threat, Nigerians dig up old tweet of Tinubu’s aide insulting the president

Dada Olusegun, Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Social Media, has been criticised over his controversial statement regarding potential protests in Nigeria.

According to reports, some youths are planning a nationwide protest between August 1 and 15 against the rising cost of living and economic hardship in the country.

Following the reports, Olusegun warned that the intending protesters would meet the strongest resistance of their lives if they opt to protest against the Nigerian government.

In a post via X, the presidential aide warned that those who gave Tinubu the mandate to rule the country would strongly resist the protest.

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“Those who want to burn the country down under whatever guise will meet the strongest resistance of their lives.

“Not from security agencies, but from the silent majority that gave their mandate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for four years in the first instance. We are waiting,” he tweeted.

After his tweet went viral, some X users went down memory lane to unearth a post of him calling for protest against former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

“GEJ is a f**l and an idi*t! We will protest yes we will……. Wake up ppl, leggo ppl!,” he said in the tweet.

In another old post, Olusegun had alleged that President Tinubu is corrupt and covered with deceit.

In the tweet, he had also alleged that the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) party was a shop set up by Tinubu.

“ACN is a shop set up by Bola Tinubu, he’s a corrupt man, he is just a man covered with deceit, he can’t deceive me tho…….,” the post read.

ACN is a shop set up by Bola Tinubu, he’s a corrupt man, he is just a man covered with deceit, he can’t deceive me tho…….

— Daddy D.O🇳🇬 (@DOlusegun) November 27, 2011

Similarly, the president’s aide reportedly deleted an old tweet where he called for war over tear gas being used on peaceful protesters.

“When peaceful change is possible, violent change becomes inevitable! We protect peacefully and u throw us teargas, prepare for war!,” he said in the now deleted post.