Politics
By Anthony Isibor
PETER Obi of the Labour Party has described as fake and bogus, the reports that he plans to run for office in 2027.
Obi, who took to his Tweeter handle on Saturday, July 15, 2023 expressed his dismay at the emerging pattern where fake media reports and news items are predicated on interviews and press remarks that he never granted.
He recalled two recent instances where he was accused of saying that he was looking forward to running for office in 2027 on a supposed Arise TV interview that never took place and reports about his reaction to prospective appointees into the federal government.
According to him, both reports are bogus.
Although Obi noted with regrets that Nigerian politics has sunken to an abysmal level where manipulation of the media space is now a trade, he, however, disclosed that he would continue to speak on topical national issues via recognized news and media outfits.
“But I certainly will not concern myself with cheap distractive trolls. My focus and that of the Obidient Movement will not derail from the original mission of creating a new Nigeria, which we believe is Possible.
“Our emphasis has never been on political positions or personal aggrandizement, but on putting the nation on the right footing and deepening our democracy by helping to elevate and empower the downtrodden in our society.
“That was why our messages during the electioneering campaigns were all issue-driven,” he added.
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