Filmmaker Osiberu receives knocks over 2022 post on Peter Obi

Nigerian filmmaker Jade Osiberu has found herself on the wrong side of popular opinion after reversing course and criticizing President Bola Tinubu after previously supporting him against Peter Obi.

On September 28, 2024, Osiberu wrote on X, "My to-do list is ridiculously long, but what have I been doing all day?" Scrolling through social media causes dopamine release. In the T-Pain economy?! Wonderful!"

However, her amusing message was met with scorn, and an X user named Orji dredged up an old post from 2022 during the presidential campaign season in which she declared that Peter Obi was not a wealth multiplier.

Her post read, "I like the idea of someone who is frugal and has integrity running Nigeria but after hearing Peter Obi speak, I fear he's the guy to trust with your money but not to multiply your wealth and Nigeria needs the latter. We need a big thinker to dig us out of this economic hole."

Orji reacted to the post and tagged her a tribal bigot, "Were you not the same tribal bigot who said during the election that, he’s good at multiplying wealth, while Peter Obi isn’t? How come you’re now calling him 'T-pain?' I detest folks like you with every fiber of my being. This was you during the 2023 presidential election buildup."

The filmmaker's response led to a series of scathing posts directed at her and a back-and-forth between her and Obi supporters.

She then wrote, "You guys have been going wild since yesterday on this one tweet. I made a whole film critiquing APC’s political ideology and structure for which I was targeted and sued to court! I did not believe in Peter Obi either, which is my right and doesn’t make me a tribal bigot"