O’tega Ogra, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Digital Engagement, Strategy and New Media, has dismissed as false the explosive claim that the president’s convoy was pelted with stones on Friday at the Shagari Central Mosque in Area 1, Abuja.
Tinubu had gone to the mosque for Juma’at prayers. Hours later, the internet erupted.
ADC chieftain Dino Melaye posted a now-viral clip showing angry youths hurling stones at a convoy believed to be the president’s, while chanting in Hausa:
“Ba ma yi, ba ma so” — “We don’t want you; we don’t support you.”
But Ogra says that’s not the full story — it’s opposition theatre.
In a counter-video he shared, Tinubu is seen stepping out of the mosque in a crisp white outfit and black cap bearing his traditional insignia, smiling and waving as excited youths cheer him on, phones raised to capture the moment, before he slides into his official vehicle.
“Contrary to the narrative being pushed by the opposition, with videos of their alleged paid thugs at the National Mosque today, here is footage of Mr President leaving the mosque after Friday prayers this afternoon,” Ogra wrote.
The clash of videos comes on the same day Tinubu issued a stern, personally signed warning ahead of the 2027 general election: no room for thuggery, no room for violence.
He said security agencies have been given full authority to crush political thuggery and anti-democratic acts, condemned the recent wave of violence at political events nationwide, and insisted campaigns must return to what matters — the welfare of Nigerians and national development.
Violence, the president said, has no place in Nigerian politics.
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