"...call me an 'attack lion' for the Presidency [and not attack dog]" - Okupe

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, on Monday rejected the tag of an “attack dog” for the Presidency.

Mr. Okupe, who appeared on an interview programme on the Africa Independent television (AIT), said his job for the presidency was to engage the public on discussions around the achievement of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

He said those calling him an attack dog where not fair to him considering his (physical) size and past achievements.


“They should even call me an ‘attack lion,” Mr. Okupe said.

The light remark by Mr. Okupe caused the interviewer, Gbenga Aruleba, to say that there were some dogs that could be so fierce and large like a lion. 

A remark the presidential aide rejected, seemingly preferring the title ‘Attack Lion’, when he said no dog could be fierce or large enough to confront a lion.