N2Bn bribe allegation: Do not be distracted by desperate blackmailers – Obi

N2Bn bribe allegation: Do not be distracted by desperate blackmailers – Obi

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The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Office has said said that desperate political blackmailers have commenced series of  blackmail against the Presidential Candidate, of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi.

The Campaign Office said in a statement on Sunday that the motive of those behind the mischief is to attempt a devastating smear campaign  against the rising political profile of Peter Obi.

The Office dismissed a wild allegation  in the media that Obi gave the sum of N2 billion to the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, the Catholic Bishop Conference and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria to induce them.

The office described a petition purportedly written by one Pastor Frank Onwumere of the Dominion Center International based in Okigwe, Imo state as laughable.

It noted that the Obi remains the most investigated of all the Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections noting that nothing has been found against him.

The office reiterated its position that Obi and his running mate are the best on the pack contesting the Presidency.

It was further stated that his rising   political profile and amazing popularity has triggered desperation and despair among politicians who initially wrote him off.

The Media office urged Nigerians to focus on Obi’s quest for the Presidency to wrest the nation from the grip of misrule and hand it over to Nigerians and not give room for cheap distractions.

The statement with the title ‘Desperado’s blackmail dead on arrival-Obi-Datti Media’ reads in full, “Recall that on February 6, 2023, the Obi-Datti Media Office acting on credible intelligence alerted the nation of a  grand design to fatally injure the high-rising political profile of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi with what they called a ‘killer punch’ propaganda material.

“We hinted that the so-called ‘killer punch’ will come in various forms, including but not limited to a documentary portraying Obi in various negative lights.

“Circulating in social media this weekend is another blackmail stuff against the LP candidate purported to indicate that he gave out the sum of two billion naira to Christians under the umbrella body of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Catholic Bishops Conference and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria to induce them…

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