Daddy Freeze drags Peter Obi over wife’s viral ₦250m Hermès handbag

Nigerian media personality Ifedayo Olarinde, popularly known as Daddy Freeze has reacted to the controversy surrounding a luxury Hermès bag carried by the wife of presidential candidate Peter Obi.

While speaking in a video, Daddy Freeze explained that although he has no issues with Obi’s wife owning or carrying an expensive bag, he has a problem with the contrast between Obi’s public image of personal frugality and the luxury items associated with people around him.

Daddy Freeze also claimed that Obi presented himself as an extremely prudent person, described the issue as one of double standards, hypocrisy and selective morality.

“I have no problem with Peter Obi’s wife carrying a luxury bag; her husband is a billionaire. He was before he came into government. The only problem I have with him is he says he only has one shoe and one watch, but when you put yourself in a certain light, and things around you don’t seem to add to that light, there is a problem. He (Peter Obi) is honest and humble, but are people around him as prudent as he is?. If you market yourself as extremely prudent, I promise you a 250 million Naira Hermès bag is not a sign of being prudent. My problem is this: double standards, hypocrisy, selective morality. And it’s not going to take us anywhere as a people,” he stated.