Bayo Onanuga, spokesman for the Bola Tinubu presidential campaign has come under heavy fire over a tweet where he described certain individuals as “sons of bitches”.
The Quest Times reports that Onanuga in reaction to a Twitter trend aimed at his principal president-elect Bola Tinubu, slammed the users promoting the trend as sons of bitches whose days are numbered.
He tweeted, “All those sons of bitches tweeting the hashtags #TinubuTheDrugDealer #TinubuForPrison, your days are numbered. One day, you will face the wrath of law and God for tweeting malicious falsehood about Nigeria’s President-Elect.”
This isn’t Onanuga’s first brush with major controversy on social media. Following the re-election of Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Lagos State, Onanuga posted a Tweet attacking Igbos which drew widespread criticism.
Excerpts from the tweet reads, “Let 2023 be the last time of Igbo interference in Lagos politics.”
Despite the criticism, Onanuga stuck to his guns, saying he owes no one any apology for his views.
Following his latest gaffe, social media users expressed shock at the tweet, considering that Bayo Onanuga is 65 years old. Others expressed worry over possible clampdown of freedom of expression under a Tinubu presidency.
Here are some reactions gathered by The Quest Times:
@YarKafanchan Where I come from, even from age 35 there are things you cannot say and behaviours you cannot exhibit or else the society/community will distance itself from you.
Bayo Onanuga is SIXTY SIX YEARS OLD
@firstladyship Bayo Onanuga is reckless. He is implicating his boss more & more. Leave Propaganda & Fake News for FFK, Qudus, Ogbeni Dipo, Dayo Israel, Adamu Garba, Bashir Ahmad, Festus Keyamo, Omojuwa, etc. You have to be on Twitter long enough to know how to cook. Take Bayo’s phone away.
@FS_Yusuf_ The spastic Bayo Onanuga made the hashtag popular. Nice work, cannon fodder!
@ManLikeIcey Bayo Onanuga is a media aide to Tinubu and has been instigating tribal war, but has not been dismissed or called to order, how do you expect people to believe Tinubu will unify the country ?? this is simple logic.
@_weyinmi I honestly thought chimaroke Nnamani was a handful on this app but Bayo Onanuga is absolutely worse.
@dondekojo Bayo Onanuga is most likely on drugs and I can guess his supplier
@OOlusore BAYO ONANUGA is supposed to be a ‘Legendary Journalist’ according to Reuben Abati but he is on Twitter calling Nigerians, ‘Sons of Bitches’. He is Someone’s Father, Possibly a Grandfather and a Spokesperson for the Tinubu/Shettima Ticket. This says much about his Principal too.
@Deshysmalls Some Heroes live long enough to become Villains. Bayo Onanuga is unravelling before our eyes, from a respected journalist to this thing i don’t know.
@Otosirieze People are shocked that Bayo Onanuga, a former MD of News Agency of Nigeria, is calling Nigerians “sons of bitches.” LOL. If you understood how messed up the media in Nigeria is, you’d check twice before you respect some media people out here carrying titles.
@dami_cole I never knew about the drug dealer trend till I saw Bayo Onanuga’s tweet. These spokespeople making the same mistakes from Buhari govt.