Following the bogus allegations made by Bayo Onanuga, the spokesman of president Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) has raised alarm over a plot to frame and arrest Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election.
The POMR on Saturday said its attention was drawn to what it described as “the wild, wicked and baseless allegations” by Bayo Onanuga accusing Obi of being behind the planned hardship protest in the country.
The flippant presidential spokesman in his long epistle said that the former governor of Anambra State should be held accountable for any mayhem that may arise in the protest.
While reacting to Onanuga’s allegations, Peter Obi Media Reach in a statement signed by Dr Tanko Yunusa, said it “can report from good and reliable authority that these unsubstantiated allegations are being orchestrated to arrest Obi, limit his freedom and association and stop his propagation for good governance which they find injurious to their lavish lifestyle
“Peter Obi by his mien in and out of political office has not shown or been associated with violence even in the most obvious provocations.
“He has always shown even during the electioneering that he is issue-driven as he carries on without calling anybody’s name.
POMR is also aware that multiple attack dogs have been hired and strategically deployed to ensure that Obi does not enjoy the ear of the Nigerian populace who are keen on hearing his voice on issues.
“These spin doctors and hirelings, to justify their pay, indulge in all kinds of falsehood ostensibly to distract Obi and confuse Nigerians who already see Obi as a suiting balm in the current turbulent political and economic environment.
“All the problems real and imagined created by their insensitivity and lavish lifestyle they have curiously tried to link to Obi.
“Notable challenges of the administration which are a consequence of their actions and inactions like fuel subsidy fallouts, growing poverty in the land, inflation, nepotism and unresolved historical conflicts among others they blame all on Obi.
“POMR, therefore, wish to urge Nigerians to ignore the Presidency’s cheap blackmail as Obi and the Obidient family all over the country and in the diaspora remain resolute in their search for a new Nigeria that is possible and would not be cowed or be made to lose focus”.
