The camp of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, has responded to the allegation of sponsoring a protest to unseat the current government.
Yunusa Tanko, the spokesperson for the Peter Obi Media Reach, in a statement on Saturday, denied the allegation of sponsoring protesters against the government, stating that the presidency wants to set up Mr Obi for arrest.
Jkcyno blog had reported that Bayo Onanuga, a media aide to President Bola Tinubu, claimed that the planned protests over economic hardship are being sponsored by Mr Obi’s supporters.Nationwide Protest: Open Letter To Nigerians.
In the statement, Mr Tanko said there is no substance to the allegation made by the president’s aide.
He wrote below :
POMR PRESS RELEASE
JULY 29TH PROTEST PLAN TO ARREST PETER OBI BY TINUBU GOVERNMENT……
Obi Media says, Protest Allegation is a Set up to Arrest their Principal
The attention of the Peter Obi Media Reach, POMR has been drawn to the wild, wicked and baseless allegations by
one of the Spokespersons in the Presidency, Bayo Onanuga accusing the Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi of being the mastermind of a planned protest in the country.
The statement even said that Obi should be held responsible for any mayhem that may occur in the protest.
But POMR can 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.
POMR 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.
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 a soothing 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.
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POMR therefore wish to urge 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.
Signed
Yunusa Tanko
POMR Spokesman
July 20, 2024.
@pat utomi wrote :
Let it be clear that I have nothing against protests. It is a legitimate instrument of democracy for raising the voice of citizens. I have participated in many in my time. From my undergraduate days at UNN to marching with concerned professionals following the June 12 elections annulment.
Even though I did not know the organizers of the EndSARS protests I supported it. So if I were part of whatever is being planned for August I would wear it as a badge of honor and not wait to be called out by Bayo Onanuga…
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