Presidential aide O'tegra Ogra has told Peter Obi that if a presidential aspirant believes he is entitled to disregard a law simply because he disagrees with it, what assurance do Nigerians have that he will respect other laws he finds inconvenient?

"Are you seeking to lead Nigeria under its Constitution and laws, or only the version of Nigeria whose laws you personally approve of?" he asked.

This came after Obi and his supporters refused to sing the new national anthem approved by President Bola Tinubu's administration in favour of the outlawed one.

"You want Nigerians to entrust you with the highest office in the land, yet apparently cannot bring yourself to accept a national anthem simply because President Tinubu’s government lawfully restored it.

"And you are the man who keeps writing ‘lamentational epistles’ and travelling around the country preaching faux discipline, patriotism and responsible leadership?

"What a breathtaking display of hypocrisy," O'gra said.

Tinubu's aide reminded Obi that Nigeria is not his personal playground, and its lawful national anthem is not a campaign jingle he can decide to discard whenever his political ego suffers a bruise.

"You want to occupy Aso Rock, yet even a national anthem becomes an opportunity to parade your insistence on division and unlawful behaviour.

"How petty. How theatrical. How profoundly unserious. A FARCE!

"If defeating President Tinubu is your ambition, confront him at the ballot box. Stop dragging the symbols of the country you falsely claim to love into your endless political tantrums. Seems you are aware you can’t win; hence your resort to attempting to burn the country down

"Nigeria needs a statesman in the person of President Tinubu, not a professional grievance merchant like Peter Gregory Obi auditioning for the presidency.

"Finally, Mr Peter Gregory Obi, sir, if your idea of leadership is to turn personal resentment into a national performance, perhaps what you need is not the keys to Aso Rock, but a lesson in growing up," he said.

ASA