Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, mocks Peter Obi for “sleeping” during a courtesy visit to Nasarawa monarch

Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has taken to Twitter to mock the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for allegedly “sleeping” during a courtesy visit to a monarch in Nasarawa State.

Obi and his supporters were in the state on Saturday, October 29, to begin their campaign.

Posting a photo of Obi and leaders of the party in the monarch’s palace, Bashir claimed that Mr. Obi was asleep during the visit and that it is not acceptable to take a nap while paying homage to a monarch.

He wrote: “The guy beside the LP presidential candidate should please tap his shoulder to wake him up, it is against the culture and protocol to take a long nap while paying homage to a respected traditional leader down here.”

Many of tweeps disagreed with him and took him to task over what someone called politics of falsehood.

See some of the tweets below.

@GodfreyMo01 wrote: “You can’t sleep with ur neck straight Bashir. Photos can be taken when u blink and your eyes are closed.”

@kennyadewole: “@PeterObi was not sleeping. He can’t sleep with the heavy traditional music playing in the palace. There were lots of camera flashes. The below video I recorded at the Palace should prove your tweet wrong” (He attached a clip of a part of the event)

@Thereal_Black01 resorted to cursing: “Buhari will continue to happen to you and your families.”

@RegulionMax: “Your presidential candidate slept at Emir of Gombe palace” (He attached a picture of Tinubu appearing to be snoozing).