Tinubu’s Aide Calls for Death Penalty Against Corps Member Who Criticized President

President Bola Tinubu’s media aide, Temitope Ajayi, says the corps member who called his principal a “terrible” leader deserves to be given a capital punishment.

It was gathered that, Ushie Rita Uguamaye, a corps member serving in Lagos State, in a video posted on TikTok under the handle @talktoraye, tearfully expressed frustration over the rising cost of goods in Nigeria.

In the video, she described Tinubu as a “terrible” President and accused the government of neglecting the economic hardship faced by citizens.

“If a lot of Nigerians come out and start speaking about what we are going through, maybe changes will be made in the government,” she said in the TikTok video.

“I don’t know if there is any other president that is as terrible as you, but you are such a terrible president.”

After the initial video, she shared another clip showing her receiving a call from an NYSC official.

The corps member further revealed that she had been receiving multiple calls from NYSC officials, urging her to stop criticising the government and delete the video.

She said, “Yesterday, I made a video talking about the Nigerian government and how terrible President Tinubu is and I was crying in the video. Thirty minutes ago, I received a call from the NYSC board starting with the secretariat before the LGI and for the NYSC secretariat, I’m going to attach some of the things she said so you guys can hear.”

Speaking on the issue, the presidential aide was not pleased with what Ms Uguamaye said, called for her expulsion.

Ajayi while replying to a comment on Facebook on Monday, wrote, “If she is not a corper, she can say whatever she fancies like people do per second. Citizens can abuse a living day out of their President or any public official. It is normal.

“But a corper violated her oath and code of conduct here. That is capital punishment under NYSC.”

He added, “You can’t abuse the country you are serving as a corper under any guise and the symbol of sovereign authority, which is the president. She should be punished to the fullest extent, not just warned.”