Aide Counters Claim Tinubu Was Stoned At Abuja Mosque

The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Digital Engagement, Strategy and New Media, O’tega Ogra, has disputed claims that youths attacked the president’s convoy after he attended Friday prayers at the Shagari Central Mosque in Area 1, Abuja.

According to a report by Linda Ikeji’s Blog, President Tinubu had visited the mosque in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to observe the weekly Juma’at prayer.

Late on Friday, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dino Melaye, shared a video on social media showing a group of youths throwing stones at a convoy alleged to belong to the president. In the widely circulated footage, some of the youths were heard chanting “Ba ma yi, ba ma so,” a Hausa phrase meaning “we don’t want you; we don’t support you.”

In a swift response, Ogra refuted the viral reports, dismissing the claim that the president’s motorcade was pelted with stones. To counter the narrative, the presidential aide shared a separate video clip showing President Tinubu departing the mosque peacefully following the prayers.

“Contrary to the narrative being pushed by the opposition, with videos of their alleged paid thugs at the National Mosque today, here is footage of Mr President leaving the mosque after Friday prayers this afternoon,” Ogra wrote.