Treason Accusation against me malicious, fictitious – Obi replies Lai Mohammed
Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has denied inciting Nigerians to violence over the outcome of the February 25 presidential elections.
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, had made the allegation on Tuesday.
Reacting, Peter Obi, in a statement on his Twitter page on Tuesday, said there have been various campaigns of calumny against him in the last few days.
Obi said Lai Mohammed’s accusation that he is stoking insurrection was totally malicious and fictitious.
Obi tweeted: “I am on record as always, advocating for peace and issue-based campaigns and never campaigned based on ethnicity or religion. I am committed to due process, and presently seeking redress in the Court.
“I urge those engaged in this demarketing process to stop presenting Nigeria in such bad light.”
He added that Nigerians deserve a new Nigeria, where they can live a secure and decent life like their counterparts in other climes.
Meanwhile, the national chairman of the labour party, Julius Abure, while reacting to Mohammed’s treason allegation against LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has accused Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, of misinforming the international community on the true political development in Nigeria.
Abure berated the minister, saying there is no basis for his comments.
He said Obi has sued for calm even when his supporters have been calling for a nationwide protest.
“Our presidential candidate is a peaceful and law-abiding person. Despite the fact that the election was provocatively rigged, he decided to be peaceful and toe the part of justice. This in spite of all pressures from our supporters to move into the street to protest the outcome of the general election and to reclaim the mandate freely given to our candidate by the people, he has decided to calm the nerves in other to give the judicial process a chance.
“The presidential candidate of the Labour Party is the only candidate whose campaign was issues based. In spite of all provocation, it was the Labour party and its candidate that were attacked in Lagos, in Port Harcourt and all other states in the federation. But we have continued to promote peace,” Abure said.
He said that for the Minister of Information and Culture to be admonishing their presidential candidate, was done in bad fate, thus the Minister should desist from such utterances.
He said, “It is our considered opinion that it is even the APC through their spokespersons and all others who have been engaged in provocative utterances in other to cause chaos that should be admonished. The admonition is largely for APC themselves, their spokespersons and their officials.”
