Popular Anambra-based cleric, Chukwuemeka ‘Odumeje’ Ohanaemere, has claimed that Nigerians who openly praise President Bola Tinubu and his administration have been “bribed.”
In a video making the rounds on social media, Odumeje criticised the President’s recent remarks on hunger. He accused political leaders of putting their personal and family interests ahead of the needs of Nigerians.
“Anyone you see singing praises for the current government is doing so because that person has been bribed. You are there to manage our resources, not your personal business or your family’s business. These resources belong to every Nigerian citizen,” he said.
Responding to Tinubu’s statement that “there’s hunger before I was born,” the cleric said governors and senators defending the President were acting out of personal interest.
He said, “In 2027, we shall decide if it’s you, governor or senator, whose family owns Nigeria, or whether all of us own Nigeria. We are no longer boys; we are fathers.”
Odumeje also criticised the Federal Government’s continued borrowing. He said leaders must explain how every loan taken in the country’s name is used.
“The money you borrow, you borrow in all our names. So you must account for it, because that debt falls on our heads, and on the future of all our children,” he added.
