Alleged Attack On Peter Obi; Aide Responds | READ MORE

There were speculations that Peter Obi was attacked few hours after Festus Keyamo, the Director of Media and Public Affairs and Official Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, had released a statement claiming that Peter Obi was planning to stage an assassination attempt on himself.

Keyamo had said;

"We are also aware that plans are afoot by Mr. Peter Obi to fake an assassination attempt on himself and hire Labour Party boys dressed in the APC caps and T-shirts to attack some Labour Party offices. It is all part of the "US PlanÔÇØ. It is the first in a series of incendiary actions planned by this ill-prepared but desperate candidate.ÔÇØ

refuting the purported attack on Obi, Obienyem in a statement said;

"The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, and by the grace of God, fueled by his merit, the next President of Nigeria, Mr. Peter Obi, is back to the country. In the last three weeks, he transversed the world, convincing Nigerians of the need to take back their country and move in sync with the rest of the world.

"Kindly ignore the falsehood making the rounds that he was attacked. May God forbid even the very thought of such barbarism be visited on him.

"Obi has consistently reiterated his belief that politics should always be devoid of violence. This remains his political credo.

"It is pertinent to note that the news, coming shortly after Mr. Festus Keyamo's press release, alleging a plan by Obi to stage manage his assassination is worrisome. It shows that the devil may be at work in endless and familiar scheming.

"We shall continue to entrust Mr. Peter Obi into the protection of the Almighty while he ensures he is adequately protected from seeing through the work of re-building Nigeria that providence has entrusted unto him.ÔÇØ