By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised the alarm that some prominent Nigerians, including a serving governor in the South-East were ploting to blackmail him.
He alleged that they had completed their plot to drag his name into the activities of the Biafan agitators because of his rising profile in the Nigerian politics.
While exonerating himself from the activities of the Biafran groups, the Anambra State former governor said that the plotters would fail in their bid because his hands were clean.
His media team disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, at the weekend.
On the source of the allegation, Obienyem explained: “The present effort to blackmail Mr. Obi is by some prominent Nigerians, including a serving governor in the South-East.
“Our informant, whom we have no reason to doubt, revealed how five of them were invited to a meeting on how to nail Mr. Peter Obi so that, according to him, his ‘rising profile will be dimmed for good’.
“Watch out; soon you will see a group call a world press conference, speak of the insecurity in the land, appeal to anybody with information on the causes to help the government solve it and finally drop the bomb by linking Mr. Peter Obi to the sponsorship of the Biafran movement through offer of money to sustain the agitation and use of Biafran boys for selfish end, including winning of elections.
“Though our informant refused to disclose the name of the governor behind this and the main person he is using, he assured: ‘In the fullness of time, the plot will unfold and the characters will become apparent on its own’.
“Some of them are not comfortable on the way the tide is moving and may finally opt out.”
Obienyem pointed out that most of the previous efforts to blackmail Obi by some prominent people through hired hands backfired because the truth eventually prevailed.
He added that “the present plot to make trouble for an innocent man will similarly come to nought as far as Almighty God remains on the throne.”
