backlash

Onigbinde announced his appointment on September 6 in Medium post. He said the appoint was at the behest of an international development agency.

He faced an intense social media backlash over the appointment, mostly because of his past caustic criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari and his government.

“It is clear that recent media reports about my appointment have created a complex narrative, which I believe would engender an atmosphere of mistrust, as I planned to proceed,” Onigbinde