The Labour Party (LP) has criticised those who want to have Peter Obi, who is running for president in 2023, arrested.
The opposition party claimed people demanding for Obi’s arrest are being prankish in a statement released on Monday by its national spokesman, Obiora Ifoh, and added that its flagbearer is not a violent individual.
The party expressed concern about several false reports spreading with videos of speeches made by Obi prior to and during the election where he urged Nigerian youths to retake the nation.
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It stated that trying to present such recordings as recent statements and make an effort to make them look new is plain malice, if not illegal, and that the scheme is intended to orchestrate false guilt and entrapment.
The statement reads: “Some mischievous individuals are sharing stories draped with some so-called prophecies calling for prayers on Peter Obi as he would be arrested. Ordinarily, such stories should not deserve our attention.
“However, we are concerned when the faux stories flying around are juxtaposed with video clips spliced from pre-election and campaign speeches where Obi had underscored to Nigerian youths, the importance of taking back our country.
“To contrive such videos as recent remarks and effort to make them look fresh, is simply mischievous, if not criminal.
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“The ploy is simply and surely aimed at orchestrating a false culpability and entrapment.
“We must reiterate here, for the record, Obi’s adherence and commitment to the rule of law and avowal of non-violent politics.
“On March 1st, 2023, when the INEC announced its charade election result by 4 a.m., Obi supporters across the country and in the diaspora mounted pressure on him to authorize a mass protest, but he declined, insisting instead that taking back Nigeria through him will come through due and peaceful process and not via violence.”
The party claimed that the allegation that its presidential candidate is instigating violence is a fabrication created by people who wish to cast him in a negative light.
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It further stated that the former governor of Anambra State firmly believes that, with due process, a new Nigeria is possible. He pleaded with his critics to exclude him from their dire predictions.
It added: “As a man of faith, the former Anambra state Governor strongly believes that a new Nigeria is POssible following due process and does not need to drag his supporters out in the street to achieve it.
“The Labour Party, therefore, wishes to advise the prophets and soothsayers, whether real or imagined, to leave Obi out of their prophecy because his faith is in Nigerians and his God and not on imaginary fortune tellers.”
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