Lere Olayinka rejected Omoyele Sowore’s claim that Tinubu and Wike planned to assassinate him, calling it “mind games” tied to his legal troubles.
Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Lere Olayinka, has dismissed claims by activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, that President Bola Tinubu and Minister Nyesom Wike were plotting to assassinate him.
In a statement issued Saturday in Abuja, Olayinka described the allegations as “mind games” and a ploy by Sowore to sustain his lifestyle. “If there is any threat to the life of Sowore, it must be from those he has blackmailed. He should leave President Tinubu and the FCT Minister out of the impending repercussions of his lifestyle,” he said.
Olayinka accused Sowore of attempting to “play the victim” to divert attention from his ongoing criminal trial, stressing that his criticisms of Wike were “the last kick of a dying horse.” He insisted that the activist’s allegations were baseless and rooted in his own controversies.