By Chinasaokwu Helen Okoro
Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged activist and Sahara Reporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, to retract and apologise for describing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a criminal.
In an opinion piece titled “My 10 Kobo Advice to Sowore,” Igbokwe recalled his long acquaintance with the activist through a mutual friend, Peter Claver, and said he was shocked by Sowore’s recent remarks.
“I was stunned into disbelief when he called a sitting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria a criminal. I advised him to withdraw the shameful, scurrilous drivels and apologise to the President. Up till now, he has not found the need to apologise to the President and Nigerians who elected him,” Igbokwe wrote.
Defending Tinubu’s record, Igbokwe described him as “an international Chartered Accountant, a scholar in the finest tradition, former Senator of the Federal Republic, former Governor of Lagos State for eight years, and now President of Nigeria.”
He argued that questioning Tinubu’s integrity was an insult to the electorate. “When you call a President we all elected a criminal, you are indirectly saying that over 200 million Nigerians are criminals. This is unacceptable,” he added.
