Hunger Protests: Gov Abiodun Under Attack For Calling Nigerians “Sore Losers”

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has been trenchantly ciriticised for describing Nigerians as ‘ sore losers” in his response to the ongoing hunger protest in the country.

The governor spoke on Channels Television on Thursday Night amidst the ongoing 10-day protest by Nigerians over the current economic hardship.

Not a few Nigerians have blamed Governor Abiodun party, the  All Progressives Congress, APC, for the hardship and hunger in the land.

The magazine reported that pro-democracy bodies, working under #endbadgovernance  in the country have declared August 1-10 as days of protest to force government’s hands to reverse some of its policies that aggravated hunger across Nigeria.

The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led APC has come under attack from not a few Nigerians for removing fuel subsidy and converging the foreign exchange market which led to the devaluation of the Naira, for the hardship Nigerians are facing.

The protersters  have stormed the major city capitals in the country on Thursday to demand the reversals of the policies which they insist have brought untold hardship to them.

Speaking yesterday Governor Abiodun said the Tinubu administration could not be soley blamed for the hardship, citing various interventionists programmes the government have introduced to ameliorate the sufferings.

The governor, however, blamed those that lost the 2023 elections for the anger in the country, describing them as ‘losers’ who did not want to accept the fact that Tinubu won the election.

He said the economic problem facing the country is a global one, saying the promoters of the protest are ‘faceless’ persons who want to remove Tinubu from power.

According to him, “The problem we have today is that Nigerians are sore losers. Rather than accept that If you want a regime change, wait till 2027. Don’t begin to sponsor faceless, leaderless protests under the guise that you are dissatisfied. The current realities are not peculiar to Nigeria alone.”

Reacting an X user @OPE97yemi said “We should be expecting nothing but absolute jagbanjantis from Eleyi of ogun state.”

KETAPUNK.eth @KETAPUNK_art “It’s time our governors take accountability of what is in their hands.”

On his part, Ede Mike @EdeMike27303 “The problem we have today, Is leaders who are not in touch with their people but looting the treasury dry, so hunger is not their problem.”

According to Dr FAYINKA JOHNSON @dr_fayinka “APC’s audacity to keep gaslighting the victims of their callousness is jaw-dropping in its inanity. The People permitted this crass insensitivity thus far, and the day we have the epiphany that our collective power is second only to Almighty God, this madness ends.”

While Adebola Adeyemi @mcobyemm said “Bitter truth by the governor of Ogun state. Yes, the economy isn’t great at the moment, but the president didn’t promise magic in 365 days. He and his team will try to make it work, and if after 4 years, nothing concrete has happened, then vote them out. It’s so simple.”

Governor Abiodun and other 35 state governors in the country have come under serious attacks from not a few Nigerians, who described them as massively corrupt because of the suggestion that they have cornered  the funds in their states, which ought to be used to provide basic amenities for their people.