Politics
Presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, had said Obi should be held responsible for any mayhem that may occur in the protest.
By Jeffrey Agbo
PETER Obi Media Reach (POMR) has described as “wicked and baseless” the allegations made by a presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, that the Labour Party’s presidential candidate at the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, is the mastermind of a planned protest tagged EndBadGovernance.
Onanuga had said Obi should be held responsible for any mayhem that may occur in the protest.
However, the POMR said in a statement on Saturday signed by Yunusa Tanko that it could report from “good and reliable authority that these unsubstantiated allegations are being orchestrated to arrest Obi, limit his freedom and association and stop his propagation for good governance which they find injurious to their lavish lifestyle.”
“Peter Obi 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.
“He has always shown even during the electioneering that he is issue-driven as he carries on without calling anybody’s name,” the statement said.
The media group said it is also aware that “multiple attack dogs have been hired and strategically deployed to ensure that Obi does not enjoy the ear of the Nigerian populace who are keen on hearing his voice on issues.”
The statement added, “These spine 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.
“All the problems real and imagined created by their insensitivity and lavish lifestyle they have curiously tried to link to Obi.
“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.”
The POMR urged Nigerians to ignore the Presidency’s claims, adding that Obi and the Obidients in Nigeria and in the diaspora would not be cowed nor made to lose focus in their search for a new Nigeria. – theniche
A.I
July 21, 2024 @ 10:35 GMT|
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