The Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday, July 24, 2024 said that the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led presidency is working assiduously to heap the blame of all the problems, real and imagined created by their insensitivity and lavish lifestyle on him in order to silence him.
Obi, who was also former governor of Anambra State also said that notable challenges of the Tinubu-led administration which are a consequence of their actions and inactions like fuel subsidy fallouts, growing poverty in the land, inflation, nepotism and unresolved historical conflicts among others are being blamed on him by the same government that created the problems.
In a statement by the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR), in which he specifically noted what it described as the “wild, wicked and baseless allegations by one of the spokespersons in the Presidency, Bayo Onanuga accusing Peter Obi of being the mastermind of a planned protest in the country, adding that Obi should be held responsible for any mayhem that may occur in the protest.
The POMR pointedly said that it has it on good and reliable authority that the unsubstantiated allegations by Onanuga and others against Peter Obi are being orchestrated in order to arrest Obi, limit his freedom and association and stop his propagation for good governance which the Tinubu-led government find injurious to their lavish lifestyle.
The statement signed by Yunusa Tanko, spokesman of POMR, stressed that the Labour Party presidential candidate by his mien in and out of political office, has not in any way shown or been associated with violence even in the most obvious provocations.
POMR also said that it is aware that multiple attack dogs have been hired and strategically deployed to ensure that Peter Obi does not enjoy the ear of the Nigerian populace who are keen on hearing his voice on issues.
In the words of Tanko; “These spin doctors and hirelings, to justify their pay, indulge in all kinds of falsehood ostensibly to distract Obi and confuse Nigerians who already see Obi as suiting balm in the current turbulent political and economic environment”.
The POMR noted that Peter Obi has always shown, even during the electioneering that he is issue-driven as he carries on without calling anybody’s name.
It specifically said that the spin doctors and hired writers have tried to curiously link all the problems real and imagined created by the insensitivity and lavish lifestyle the Tinubu-led administration, to Obi.
According to POMR; “Notable challenges of the administration which are a consequence of their actions and inactions like fuel subsidy fallouts, growing poverty in the land, inflation, nepotism and unresolved historical conflicts among others they blame all on Obi”.
POMR therefore urged Nigerians to ignore the Presidency’s cheap blackmail as Obi and the Obidient family all over the country and in the diaspora remain resolute in their search for a new Nigeria that is POssible and would not be cowed or be made to lose focus.
