Sophia Michaels
Nigerian politician, Doyin Okupe, has taken to the X platform to react to the backlash he has been receiving after he announced support for President Bola Tinubu.
He stated that eighty percent of those who insult, abuse, disparage and are intolerant of his views online are from one ethnic nationality.
Okupe has in recent times received heat on social media after dismissing the credibility of Peter Obi in the 2023 general election.
Okupe who served as the Director-General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organization in the 2023 general election, had on June 7, appeared on Channels TV where he stated that of all the presidential candidates in the 2023 elections, Tinubu was the best.
Many felt his comment were treacherous and took to social media to slam him.
In the post he shared on X today, Doyin stated that he is a nationalist and that during the general elections, he supported a candidate from the South East against one from his own region the South West.
He said that he supported Obi based only on the principle that a southerner must succeed Buhari but sadly Obi lost the election and God in his wisdom gave victory to another southerner who is a Yoruba man and a long standing associate.
‘’If I did not help him to win should I join others to pull him down unjustifiably?’‘ he asked.
Read his post below
