Doyin Okupe, a leader in the Labour Party, has come under fire online for endorsing President Bola Tinubu’s plan to invade the Niger Republic militarily.
According to earlier news reports, Okupe stated in a post on Twitter that Nigerians must not remain silent because of internal conflicts in response to Tinubu’s planned military action and other sanctions against the coup plotters in the Niger Republic.
He stated that Nigerians and political leaders must work together to defend the nation, regardless of who the president is.
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Okupe’s plea for support for Tinubu has drawn criticism from some online users who are thought to be LP sympathisers.
@iamdlaw2 wrote: “Doyin Okupe you’re such a disappointment to whatever Peter Obi stands for. Hide your empty head in shame forever”
@ToEnugu wrote: “Doyin Okupe should have just kept quiet. The man who exhibited the highest level of political brigandage cannot be defended under the guise of patriotism”
@OkaniEkene wrote: “These old men will start a war for their selfish interests at the expense of the lives of our Youths. Doyin Okupe should look towards avoiding the war than making people lose their lives for an avoidable war”
@_realkingsley wrote: “Dear, Doyin Okupe, following your tweet that Niger rubbish Nigeria, I beg to disagree with you on that because they were specific. If you say they did, I have a realistic question for you: “Why didn’t they rubbish Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Benin, Rwanda or Egypt? Why Nigeria?”
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@EzechiEmeka wrote: “I never expected this from Egbon Doyin Okupe. Are you now CORNfilled?”
@June12 wrote: “What do you mean, it matters not who is president? It does matter. U should be advising Tinubu @officialABAT not to declare war against its neighbour. It matters who is president, becos he is the one with the final decision to declare war”
@shyna4me wrote: “This man!!!! You play too much. Who is coming after Nigerians sovereignty? Blulaba is the one encroaching the sovereignty of Niger.. abeg if u don chop don’t be fused at this time. We have our issues has a country”
@Manofwisdon wrote: “Nigeria should wait for the repercussion, so you think you can west the blood of another country’s citizens and walk free? people learn when the consequences are severe”
@HealTheWorldWi2 wrote: “Have you ever been to niger 🇳🇪?..a country that animals feeds on paper that sand storm disturb regularly…a country that most of the roads are not tile..where alot of Nigerians have inter merry and have businesses there…is that the country u are encouraging to be invade? Colos”
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@TOMTG15 wrote: “Sir we honorably disagree with you on this, we’re not in any conflict with anyone. Nigeriens are very happy with their new government, so what’s our problem with that? Tinubu wants war so the court case will be delayed”
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