Peter Obi reacts to alleged hate statements from his camp targeted at Buhari ~ Zeniths Blog

Peter Obi reacts to alleged hate statements from his camp targeted at Buhari

– Former governor Peter Obi says his critics are trying to pit him against President Muhammadu Buhari

– He claims that his detractors have started issuing hate statements purporting that he was against President Buhari

A former Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, on Saturday, January 14, said his detractors are trying to pit him against President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to him, their plan is to make him look like he is competing against Buhari and to rubbish his political achievements by fabricating lies and attributing the lies to him, The Punch reports.

Peter Obi says his oppositions are fabricating hate statements to pit me against Buhari

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In a statement issued by his media aide, Val Obienyem, the ex-governor said those who chased him away from his former political party, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) were responsible for the plot.

Obi said his critics had started issuing hate statements purporting that he was against President Buhari.

He said: “Yes, Obi makes comments on policy issues but has never attacked anybody not to talk of the President. If they insist otherwise, the test is simple: can they publish the video of the attack?”

Obi’s statement, entitled, “Buhari versus Obi: As wicked men change style” partly read, “What is clear in Nigeria today is that Obi is living his life without pretending.

“What is also clear is that the opposition is relentless in seeking ways to bring him down.

“Tell me what they have not done to achieve

their aim? They drove him away from APGA, thinking that it would be the end of his political life. They have released countless fabricated statements, ascribing it to him in the bid to pit him against many groups such as the Presidency, the Senate, Igbo women, Nigerian intellectuals, Arewa and Ohanaeze groups and so on.

“They once released a statement where the revered Dr. Alex Ekwueme was falsely reported to have rebuked him (Obi).The opposition is approaching and promising heaven on earth to anybody that would visit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and mention Obi’s name as liable for some wrongdoings.”

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Recall that despite the repeated assurance by President Muhamadu Buhari that the economic recession currently plaguing the country would soon be over, Peter Obi has said that the recession would last longer than expected.

He stated this at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state, while inaugurating a building donated to the radio station of the Department of Mass Communication, NAU, by the institution’s Dean of Social Sciences, Prof. Chinyere Okunna.

Obi said: “I laugh when I hear people say the recession will soon end. This is not true. A critical analysis of the 2017 budget will show you that the recession will not end soon.”