The Labour Party (LP)presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has stated that his administration, if voted into power, would support any initiative that would improve the economy of the country, adding that he supports oil exploration in the North East.
He particularly denied what he described as “fake news,” an insinuation credited to him in a section of the media that he was opposed to the initiative to commence crude oil exploration in Bauchi and Gombe States.
In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP last night by the Head of Media Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Diran Onifade, the Labour Party presidential hopeful stated that except the statement he made at the venue of his campaign rally in Ibadan during his recent outing to the city which was widely reported by the media he did not grant any journalist interview on the sidelines.
He described the report that Obi was opposed to the oil exploration in the states as a deliberate mischief by…
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