Embattled opposition figure Peter Obi may be in for a raw deal as the ruling All Progressives Congress warns that the former Anambra governor deserves “whatever he gets,” accusing him of plotting to bring down President Bola Tinubu’s government.

Mr Obi, who ran against Mr Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election in which he came third but claimed to be the winner, had recently raised the alarm that the APC government is punishing him and his family and forcing his associates to distance themselves from him.

However, in an ARISE TV interview aired on Sunday, the ruling party’s spokesman, Felix Morka, claimed Mr Obi is still sulking over his electoral loss and acting irrationally in an attempt to bring down Mr Tinubu’s government.

The APC spokesman, who called Mr Obi of the Labour Party a “prophet of doom” and “voodoo economist,” accused the opposition figure of “shooting from the hip.”

“Mr Obi is shooting from the hip. He is not looking. He is not taking aim. He just shoots widely, like what we used to see in the movies. He is not being rational,” Mr Morka stressed. “He is absolutely irrational in his thinking and public commentary.”

“But Mr Obi has crossed the line so many times, and I think at this point, he has coming to him whatever he gets,” the APC spokesman declared.

Last week, the APC accused Mr Ob of inciting Nigerians against Mr Tinubu’s government.

Mr Morka indicated in the interview that Mr Obi had an unsuccessful eight years in Anambra as governor, suggesting he was not smart.

“For a man who was governor for eight years and left nothing to remember in Anambra state—he was governor for eight years and didn’t have the wisdom or the foresight to make Anambra an example of good governance in the country—he now thinks he can bring down the government by being maliciously deceptive,” Mr Morka stated.

Mr Morka’s comments came days after Mr Obi, the former governor of Anambra, held a press conference where he sharply criticised Tinubu’s administration. 

Mr Obi condemned worsening corruption, nepotism, and poverty under Mr Tinubu’s regime and dismissed the government’s claims of an improved economy as lies.