The 2027 presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has failed to provide details on how President Bola Tinubu’s authorities has focused and pissed off him.
Mr Obi had suggested that his life was below menace as a result of Mr Tinubu’s authorities was continuously irritating and targeting him.
The NDC candidate, a former governor of Anambra State, made the declare in July throughout a podcast interview with media persona Chude Jideonwo.
“Every single thing I do for a living, this government is frustrating it. Deliberately so. So, there is even a possibility, if they have the opportunity, I will not be alive,” he had claimed.
Giving situations of focused assaults towards him, Mr Obi referenced an incident at an airport the place officers allegedly locked his automotive regardless of different automobiles being parked in the identical space.
But Bayo Onanuga, the particular adviser on data and technique to Mr Tinubu, refuted the allegations and described them as “unfounded and misleading”.
The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, later refuted Mr Obi’s airport claims, explaining that CCTV footage from the airport confirmed that the previous governor’s automobile was parked unattended for about half-hour in a chosen drop-off zone, opposite to airport laws.
Mr Keyamo asked Mr Obi to pay a N25,000 fantastic for violating airport laws after which apologise to Nigerians for claiming that his automobile was “unjustly” clamped on the airport.
Ignored enquiry
On 13 August, PREMIUM TIMES contacted Mr Obi’s media aide, Valentine Obienyem, who requested our reporter to ahead the letter of enquiry to him through his WhatsApp, which was achieved instantly.
In the enquiry, PREMIUM TIMES requested Mr Obi to establish his companies and their particular places, which he alleged are being focused by the Nigerian authorities.
This newspaper additionally sought to know the way and when he, in addition to his companies, had been allegedly focused by the federal government.
The former governor was requested to give particular details of his claims of an unjust clampdown, particularly since Mr Keyamo had refuted his earlier declare concerning the airport incident.
He was additionally to provide details of the advantages he was denied or struggled to acquire regardless of being entitled to them.
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The politician was additional requested to provide particular situations the place individuals have been focused or attacked after he honoured their invites or attended their occasions.
“We would appreciate any relevant documents, evidence, dates, locations or other information that may assist us in properly understanding your concerns and allegations,” this newspaper wrote within the enquiry.
After weeks of silence, our reporter despatched Mr Obienyem a reminder on 9 September.
The reporter additionally despatched a WhatsApp message to Mr Obi through his identified cellular quantity by which he launched himself and introduced his intention to ahead a letter of enquiry to him, which was achieved instantly.
Messrs Obi and Obienyem didn’t reply to separate WhatsApp calls on 18 September.
Our reporter, nevertheless, forwarded separate reminders to their WhatsApp traces the identical day.
Mr Obi nonetheless didn’t reply, however Mr Obienyem, the next day, requested our reporter to resend the enquiry, which was achieved instantly.
After one other 11 days of silence, this reporter forwarded separate reminders to Messrs Obi and Obienyem on 30 September.
But the duo, once more, remained silent regardless of the repeated reminders.
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