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The Peter Obi Media Reach has refuted allegations made by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, linking the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to a planned protest.<\/div>\n
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\nThe media office described the allegations as wild, wicked and baseless, saying that the presidency was planning to use the planned protest to arrest Obi.<\/p>\n

In a lengthy post on his verified X handle on Saturday, Onanuga claimed that Obi\u2019s supporters are behind the planned nationwide protests against the Tinubu administration.<\/p>\n

The presidential aide said Obi and his supporters should be held responsible for any mayhem that may occur in the protest,\u00a0alleging that \u201cthey are not democrats but anarchists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Onanuga accused the protest organisers of lacking the patience to wait for another election in 2027 and instead, \u201cdestabilise Nigeria by staging a civilian coup against President Bola Tinubu.\u201d<\/p>\n

He claimed that those organising the protests were also behind the ENDSARS protest of October 2020, which later turned violent and urged\u00a0security agents to interrogate the \u201cagents of destabilisation\u201d behind the demonstrations.<\/p>\n

However, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Yunusa Tanko, on Saturday, the media office said the \u201cunsubstantiated allegations are being orchestrated to arrest Obi and limit his freedom and association\u201d.<\/p>\n

Tanko also stated that the allegation was an attempt to stop Obi\u2019s propagation of good governance, which the presidency found injurious to their lavish lifestyle.<\/p>\n

He added that the former Governor of Anambra State has not in any way shown or been associated with violence, even in the most obvious provocations.<\/p>\n

The statement reads, \u201cThe attention of the Peter Obi Media Reach, POMR, has been drawn to the wild, wicked and baseless allegations by one of the Spokespersons in the Presidency, Bayo Onanuga, accusing the Labour Party\u2019s Presidential Candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, of being the mastermind of a planned protest in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statement even said that Obi should be held responsible for any mayhem that may occur in the protest. But POMR 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeter Obi, by his mien in and out of political office, has not in any way 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\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

\u201cPOMR 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese spine 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The media team urged Nigerians to ignore the Presidency\u2019s cheap blackmail as Obi and his supporters all over the country and in the diaspora remain resolute in their search for a new Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt added, \u201cAll 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cPOMR, therefore, wishes to urge Nigerians to ignore the Presidency\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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