The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has lambasted the newly installed chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, over his public appeal to former United States President Donald Trump.
Turaki, who addressed journalists on Tuesday after gaining entry into the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja following a tense standoff between rival factions, called on Trump and other world powers to “save Nigeria’s democracy.”
In an emotional media briefing, Turaki said the crisis rocking the opposition party goes beyond internal politics and poses a wider threat to Nigeria’s democratic stability.
Turaki stated, “I want to call on President Trump; what is at stake is not just genocide against Nigerian Christians.
“He should come and save democracy in Nigeria. Democracy is under threat. I’m calling on all other developed nations: come and save Nigeria, come and save democracy.”
The comments came shortly after security operatives and supporters from opposing camps engaged in a prolonged confrontation at Wadata Plaza, Abuja.
Onanuga, reacting to the video of Turaki’s remarks, described the statement as outrageous and unacceptable.
“We shall never forget this video: the day a Nigerian politician committed high treason for calling for a foreign invasion of Nigeria, all because of an intra-party dispute,” he wrote.
He condemned the appeal as a reckless act that undermines national sovereignty, adding that internal party disagreements should never justify calls for external intervention.
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