The spokesperson for the Labour Party’s presidential campaign, Tanko Yunusa, has claimed that Peter Obi, the party’s flagbearer, has no connections to the Indigenous People of Biafra.
Yunusa’s explanation came in response to allegations made by the Concerned Citizens Network, a civil society organization, in a petition to the European Union, the United States of America, and the United Kingdom. The petition claimed that the banned organization was endorsing Obi in the upcoming 2023 elections.
According to papers our correspondent was able to secure, the organization asserted that IPOB had provided tactical support to Obi ever since he expressed interest in running for president in 2023.
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In contrast, Yunusa claimed in an interview with Newsmen that the charge was untrue and had been cooked up to rally Mr. Obi’s followers in the South-East.
Yunusa said, “It is a total lie, the allegations are completely false. This is like saying Atiku Abubakar of the PDP is receiving tactic support from Boko Haram terrorists or Fulani herdsmen, or that the OPC and MC Oluomo’s group is giving tactic support for Bola Tinubu of the APC.
“The truth is that Peter Obi has never been associated with any terrorist organization, be it OPC, IPOB, or Boko Haram. He treats issues holistically as a nationalist and as someone who wants to come into power to treat issues accordingly.
“The records are there from what he did as Anambra governor for eight years. When the IPOB issue started in Anambra, Obi treated it as every other crime perpetrated in his state, and that was why throughout his tenure there was no single robbery in Anambra. That is a pointer.
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“However, he has listening ears to listen to anyone who has any agitation against the country and against the state in order to find solution to it. That is how leaders behave, and that is what epitomizes Obi.
“But if a group of people believes in the candidature of Obi, that should not be termed as IPOB supporting him. That is a total lie, it’s a case of calling a dog a bad name in order to hang it.
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