The presidency has described supporters of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as tigers on social media.

This was disclosed by Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, said this on Monday during an interview on News Central Television.

According to him, social media has made it possible for citizens to directly engage and criticize their leaders.

“If you want to know for the records, the tigers of social media are Peter Obi’s followers. Everybody knows. Some of them live abroad, where the data is free. Some in Nigeria, they have access to some of those things, most of them are in the tech. They have done a lot of manipulation.

“That is not to say there are other political parties where there are no people like that. I will be the last to say, but if you are talking of tigers, then it’s the Obidients,” he said.

When asked if he pays people to use the internet and defend the government, Bwala said, “I don’t pay anybody for anything.

“If I was a paying type, all this agenda that was cooked against me during the Medi Hassan interview, I would have sold my family land to be defending agenda.”