Labour party presidential campaign council.
Press release April 4 2023.
Disturbing emerging development in Nigeria.
1, We continue to thanks all Nigerians especially the youths and Obidients as they have remained focused on the core mission of a New Nigeria that is possible, even after the presidential election of 25th February 2023.
2, Before, throughout and after the campaign, it's on record that Mr Peter Obi maintained his commitment and focus on issue based campaign about a New Nigeria that is possible, a shift of emphasis from consumption to production, a New Nigeria characterized by inclusion, justice, equity, fairness and prosperity. He repeatedly stated that no one should vote for him based on tribe or religion, but rather on the assessment of character, competence, capacity, credibility and compassion you can trust to create a New Nigeria.
3, Most unfortunately, in the past few weeks, Mr Peter Obi, the Labour party presidential candidate in the 25th February 2023 presidential election have been contacted by associates, elder statemen, family and friends with concerns for his personal safety, these concerns have increased intensely in the last few days as immense pressure, has been mounted directly on Mr Peter Obi to leave the country, no doubt from sources allied to the APC and it's agents in the security services. Mr Peter Obi has been repeatedly and categorically told that he has a choice between to leave the country or face the prospect of being arrested on false charges of inciting insurrections in the country.
4, It's difficult to fathom and indeed unfortunate and regrettable that State institution have become part of a well calculated, deliberate and orchestrated campaign of calumny by APC to discredit and delegitimize Mr Peter Obi and compel him to abandon his right to seek redress in court following the outcome of the last election which was adjudged both local and international to have failed woefully to meet any standard of credibility or fairness.
5, As part of grand design, they are calculating a fake doctored audio's call. At no time throughout the campaign and now did Mr Peter Obi ever say, think or even imply that the 2023 election is or was a religious war. It is very sad and wicked the attempt to manipulate Nigerians. Our legal team have been instructed to take appropriate legal actions against People's Gazette and others.
6, Despite the public denunciation of the fake audio call, it's contents have been translated to other Nigerian language's and circulated in most parts of the northern Nigeria with some of our Moslem clerics deceived and instigated to use the content for their sermons at various mosques during the usual Friday prayers. This is a dangerous development at a time when the APC led-government and the APC party which have been awarded undeserved and unfair victory should be more concerned in addressing the ethnic and religious frictions, unfortunately created by outcome of the election.
7, Yet unsatisfied but determine to cause more problems. Mr Lai Muhammed, who fancies himself as modern day Gobbeal is on a tour of some selected countries to present an alternative story about the 2023 discredited election, and from his first statement in Washington have assumed the role of the courts by staying that Mr Peter Obi has no path way to victory. This is a direct intimidation of the courts and a waste of taxpayers money (Nigerian money)
8, There are many more campaigns of calumny against Mr Peter Obi planned for the near future both before and during the court process. How ever, we want to make it clear to the APC party, APC led-government and it agent that Mr Peter Obi a widely traveled man has no intention to leave the country at this time irrespective of the pressure on him and his family. He is determined as he had stated in his first and on press conference after the election to challenge the outcome of the election and the process has begun. It is his fundamental right.
9, While we call on all concerned Nigerians and the international community to caution APC and the APC led-government to stop their nasty attacks, Mr Peter Obi focus and commitment to lawfully and peacefully retrieve our mandate to secure and unite our nation, take Nigeria from consumption to production, pull millions of Nigerians out of multidimensional poverty especially in the north and jump start prosperity through agricultural, industrial and technological revolution remains unchanged.
10, He has continued to impress upon his supporters of the essence of the legal process and will not now or in the future encourage any violence against the state. He has absolutely no reason for this nor desperate especially as throughout the campaign, he called for a New Nigeria defined by opportunities for all, an end to poverty and criminality in government, especially corruption and an end to tribal and religious division and bigotry.
11, It is for this reasons that we appeal to revered religious leaders especially in the North not to be part of the grand design of the state apparatus to further increase the religious and ethnic divide in the country irrespective of the outcome of the courts process, we have the obligation to strive for the peace and co-existence of all Nigerians. We call on president Buhari to rein in his desperate officials at all levels as their actions or inactions could lead to unnecessary crisis in the country.
12, Elections are over, and we are in court to retrieve our stolen mandate. Let me reiterate that we are doing so through all lawful and peaceful options in line with our legal system and constitution, and I continue to implore all Nigerians to remain peaceful and law abiding.
13, Those fixated with heating up the polity, creating divisions, tensions and hatred within and outside Nigeria should remember that Nigeria is our only country. Our focus should be on how to address the litany of challenges facing us such as deliberate non-adherence to election process parlours State of our economy, unsustainable dept burden, lamentable, unemployment dept burden, inflation, insecurities and multidimensional poverty.
A New Nigeria is indeed possible and God will help us.
Sign
Dr Tanko Yunusa
Chief spokeperson
Obi-Datti campaign council.
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