Tinubu Appoints Prominent Peter Obi’s Supporter as Special Assistant, Ogunlesi, Others React
- President Bola Tinubu has appointed a young legal practitioner, Fernandez Marcus Obiene, as his new aide
- Obiene, popularly called The Fernist, was appointed alongside six others at the weekend
- Tinubu deployed the new appointees to the federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, where they will work under the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Marcus-Obiene Fernandez as the special assistant on justice sector reforms and ICT/digital and innovative technology.
A list of the appointees was seen by Legit.ng on Tuesday, October 31.
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Obi's supporter appointed by President Tinubu
A report by Premium Times also noted Fernandez' appointment.
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Obiene's appointment has generated reactions from Nigerians questioning why he accepted the role after strongly antagonising President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
For example, Tolu Ogunlesi, ex-aide to former president Muhammadu Buhari, wrote on X (formerly Twitter):
"Leading Obidient @thefernist appointed Special Assistant to the President on Justice Sector REFORMS And ICT/Digital and Innovative Technology, and the first REFORM he embarks upon is a reform of his Twitter handle: locking account and feverishly deleting tweets."
Fernández supported the Labour Party (LP) and Peter Obi during the February 2023 election. Supporters of Obi are popularly called 'Obidients'.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng observed that the new government appointee has protected his tweets and deleted his old tweets.
Marcus-Obiene Fernandez's profile
Fernandez's profile on the website of Tsedaqah Attorneys describes him as "a commercial and technology dispute resolution (litigation & ADR) specialist".
His core competencies and interests, according to the profile, are "technology and emerging trends, data protection and privacy, artificial intelligence for law and law for artificial intelligence, gamification of law, intellectual property, start-up advisory, robotic governance, web 3.0 and metaverse, and resolving disputes in all these areas".
Tinubu approves Olaopa's appointment
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that President Tinubu approved the appointment of Professor Tunji Olaope as the chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission.
Prof Olaope's appointment was followed by the selection of 11 other senior officials of the commission who will serve as representatives in several states.
Source: Legit.ng
