Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication, has claimed that the Obidient Movement may have “thrown what he described as an African thing” following his widely circulated interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan on Al Jazeera.
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Daniel Bwala said the incident was followed by health complications that eventually led to throat surgery about eight days after the interview.
He made the remarks during an interview on News Central’s programme, 60 Minutes with Mr Kay, on Friday.
He said: “Eight days after the interview with Mehdi Hasan, I underwent surgery on my throat.
“I don’t know whether it is the ‘Obidient’ people that threw that African thing, but in any case, I’m back and strong.”
Daniel Bwala also accused members of Obidient Movement of placing political allegiance above national considerations.
“I know the environment I come from; it’s an environment where there exists a species of ‘Trojans’ of social media called the ‘Obidient,’ who do not care about the national interest or the security of Nigeria and will do everything possible to achieve the aim of their hero, no matter the cost.
“What Mehdi Hasan did was what we call opposition-style journalism, where you play the role of the opposition. In that interview, Mehdi sought to elicit information from me to discredit the government, but he could not,” he said.
