by Yemi Adebowale | Breaking Times
Femi Adesina, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday subjected the office of his principal, Muhammadu Buhari to public ridicule and widespread condemnation after a tweet targeted at the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Adesina in his tweet described the PDP as “Wailing Wailers” over the party’s criticism of the appointment of Amina Bala Zakari as the new Acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
If PDP has begun to cry wolf where there was none on INEC chairman, then they should be set for louder lamentations. The wailing wailers.
— Femi Adesina (@FemAdesina) July 1, 2015
Nigerians across party divides immediately descended on Adesina chiding him for his immaturity and the public ridicule he was attracting to the office of the President as his official spokesman. Others poked fun at the Presidential Spokesman for what they described as childish, immature an unbecoming of such a sensitive office.
This is what you get when you appoint an editor of a badly edited tabloid as your spokesperson. #WailingWailers pic.twitter.com/m3FGmWErnh
— Kevin Okorodudu (@kevinokorodudu) July 2, 2015
@FemAdesina that nothing was strong enough to make you stop before posting or even delete and claim a hack makes me feel PMB needs help ASAP
— Gentleman (@emma_dele) July 1, 2015
https://twitter.com/elnathan/status/616363533673086976
Buhari's PR started as an "epic story" with shades of "Camelot" & Obama 2008
But ground to a shuddering halt with @GarShehu & @FemAdesina.
— Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) July 1, 2015
It's obvious the guys that worked in the APC social media control room have gone back to America. They forgot to train some people…
— Victor Owo (@owo747) July 1, 2015
A Presidential Spokesman should never tweet like Kayode Ogundamisi or his younger brother JJ.
— Ohimai Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) July 1, 2015
.@FemAdesina and #WailingWailers are trending number 1 and 2 in #Nigeria for the wrong reasons. Guys get some help. pic.twitter.com/GwAwVxXCR4
— Káyọ̀dé Ògúndámisí 🇳🇬 (@ogundamisi) July 1, 2015
Somebody need to remind @FemAdesina that he's no longer the Editor of SUN but the spokesman to the President of a Nation.
— Remi (@Ceorhemz) July 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/DoubleEph/status/616362846448918528
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