Tinubu Appoints Prominent Peter Obi’s Supporter As Special Assistant

President Bola Tinubu has appointed a young legal practitioner, Fernandez Marcus Obiene, as his new aide Obiene, popularly called.

The Fernist, was appointed alongside six others at the weekend Tinubu deployed the new appointees to the federal ministry of justice, Abuja, where they will work under the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Marcus-Obiene Fernandez, special assistant on justice sector reforms and ICT/digital and innovative technology.

A report by Premium Times also noted Fernandez’ appointment
has generated reactions from Nigerians who have questioned why he accepted the role after strongly antagonising President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) government.

For example, Tolu Ogunlesi, ex-aide to former president, Muhammadu Buhari, wrote on X (formerly Twitter): “Leading Obidient @thefernist appointed Special Assistant to the President on Justice Sector REFORMS And ICT/Digital and Innovative Technology, and the first REFORM he embarks upon is a reform of his Twitter handle: locking account and feverishly deleting tweets.” Fernández supported the Labour Party (LP) and Peter Obi during the February 2023 election.

Supporters of Obi are popularly called ‘Obidients’.

Source: Legit

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