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The Labour Party Campaign Council has denied allegations by singer, Seun Kuti,that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his family do not pay tax to the Anambra State government, where the presidential hopeful was former governor.
Seun, who is a son of the late fiery Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, made the claim in the heat of the ongoing political debate between him and a fellow musician, Peter Okoye, alias Mr P of P-Square, on social media.
Kuti, in an interview with the online platform Mic On Podcast hosted by Channels TV’s Seun Okinbaloye, on Monday, had described Obi as the Internet’s favourite and a capitalist and an opportunist who can’t deliver Nigeria.
However, his remarks about Obi, angered Mr P, who took to his Twitter and Instagram handles to berate Seun and the Kuti family.
“Dude just erased his father’s history. You said only the people of Nigeria could save Nigeria. Is PO (Peter Obi) and the rest candidates not the Nigerian people? SHAME SHAME SHAME,” Mr P wrote in a now-deleted tweet.
Responding in a viral video seen by our correspondent on Thursday, Mr Kuti said the LP flag-bearer and his family left Anambra State underdeveloped while investing the money made in Nigeria in Panama.
Kuti said, “Why is Obi family’s money in Panama? He said the money belongs to his family; whose family is supposed to be paying tax to Anambra State if not Obi’s?
“Obi’s family, with all their money, they’re not paying tax in Anambra State; that’s why Anambra cannot have good roads, good schools and good hospitals; because rich people in Anambra, like Obi, hide their money in Panama far away from the Nigerian government.
“If Obi loves Nigeria, why is his family hiding money away from us to tax? Panama is a tax haven any money in Panama, the Nigerian people cannot see (access) it to benefit our lives; meanwhile, he’s making his money in Nigeria, and has no business in Panama.
