The Peter Obi Media Reach, POMR, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to ignore the false claim that former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was directly or indirectly involved in the struggle for the June 12, 1993 presidential election.

It stated that Obi voted for the late MKO Abiola in that election and subsequently relocated to the United Kingdom (UK) with his family to establish his business.

The spokesman of POMR, Ibrahim Umar, was reacting to reports suggesting that Obi played a role in the June 12, 1993 struggle.
Umar dismissed the reports, titled “Peter Obi and NADECO/Democracy Day” and “Nigerians Must Not Forget, In 1993 Peter Obi was a protégé of Arthur Nzeribe in the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN),” as false and malicious against the former Anambra State governor.

Describing the reports as the handiwork of blackmailers, Umar said they were aimed at tarnishing Obi’s image by some well-mobilised mercenaries.

In a statement he signed and forwarded to DAILY POST, Umar said: “For the umpteenth time, blackmailers have resurrected a fictitious and malicious write-up, hoping to use it to damage the rising political profile of the Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi. However, they fail to realise that no matter how far and fast a lie travels, when the truth arrives, it shines like a distinguishing light.

“The first time this fabricated article appeared was on 14 June 2023, under the title ‘Peter Obi and NADECO/Democracy Day’. Last week, it resurfaced on social media as ‘Nigerians Must Not Forget, In 1993 Peter Obi was a protégé of Arthur Nzeribe in the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN).’




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