President Bola Tinubu's aide, O'tega Ogra, has slammed former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for crying out about his brother's property in Lagos that got demolished.

Obi had insinuated that the demolition was somehow related to his decision to contest the 2023 presidential election.

This was as he visited the scene and shared photos of himself in a pile of rubble to attract attention to what he described as lawlessness.

Obi posted on X, “This morning, my youngest brother called me frantically, informing me that a group of people had invaded his company property in Ikeja, Lagos, and were demolishing the building. He had just come in from Port Harcourt and was denied entry to the property by security men who told him the building was being pulled down. They even informed him that this demolition had started over the weekend. As a peace-loving Nigerian, he quickly started processing to go to court immediately, not knowing what must have resulted in this, as they moved fast to destroy his home without any restraint.

Obi said that on receiving the information, he visited the site but was almost barred by security operatives from having access.

“I humbly pleaded with them that the property belonged to my brother’s company, and from the records, the company had owned the property for over a decade. They told me they had a court judgment, and I immediately requested it. You would not believe that the court judgment they claim was issued against an unknown person, and squatters. I went further to ask about a demolition order or permit, and there was none.

“How do you sue an unknown person? How does a court issue a judgment in such a farce of a case? No one was served. No name was written. Yet they showed up with excavators and began destroying a structure that had stood for over 15 years,” he said.

However, court papers circulating on social media have revealed that the property in question was disputed in court, resulting in the order for demolition.

Reacting, Tinubu's aide accused Obi of being dishonest and playing the victim on social media.

He wrote on X, "I want to believe that absolute lawlessness is trespassing and taking pictures on a property the courts have ruled is not yours (or your family's) as a result of squatting - a pending matter for more than 10 years, then playing the victim on social media to score political points.

"Nigerians deserve better than this kind of continuous dishonesty dressed up as martyrdom."

ASA