PDP’s vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Peter Obi, has responded to a wave of allegations levied against him – the claims were that he snubbed the Sultan of Sokoto, destroyed mosques and sent northerners out of Anambra when he was the governor of the state.
Obi described the allegations as false, wicked and inhuman, adding that none of these is true of his character.
Obi referred to the allegation that he destroyed mosques when he was governor of Anambra, snubbed the Sultan, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III; drove Hausas away from the state and shunned the then Minister of Finance, Shamsuddeen Usman’s attempt at mediation as both false and wicked.
Speaking with newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, November 1, Obi wondered why some politicians, instead of focusing on resolving the pains of Nigeria with millions of her youths out of school and many more unemployed, they indulge in hate speeches and lies in a bid to undo their opponents.
Obi said: “As a matter of fact, the mosque at Onitsha was destroyed before I became governor.”
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Concerning the claim that he snubbed the Sultan of Sokoto, who was in the state as terrible, Obi affirmed that disrespect for elders and leaders is not a part of him. He said: “The irony of this concoction is that I have been a friend of His Eminence, the Sultan, right from my first year at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1980 through his tenure as Nigeria’s Defence Attaché in Pakistan till the present.
“The fact is that the visit of his Eminence, during which I was alleged to have snubbed him was purely a courtesy call after which I personally accompanied him to see the Obi of Onitsha, Obi Alfred Achebe with whom he had a meeting.
“I also requested His Eminence to visit the Hausa community in the state during which I offered to rebuild and subsequently gave them the funds for that purpose.”
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