Allegation of incapacity against Obi by Oshiomhole against Obi, baseless, Obi-Datti Campaign says.
By Emma Ogbuehi
In a riposte to the assertion by the former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiohmole that the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has no capacity to tackle the menace of insecurity in the country based on the situation in Anambra when he was governor, the Obi-Datti Campaign has dismissed the claim, and accused the erstwhile All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman of mischief.
Oshiomhole had added that it was the succeeding administration of Willie Obiano that was able to solve some security challenges that Obi could not tackle. But Obi-Datti Campaign office, in a release, had challenged Oshiomhole to do more due diligence on Obi’s tenure in Anambra, citing instances of the former governor moving headlong against kidnappers and other criminals in the state.
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It also drew the attention of the former Edo governor to a commendation on Obi by the former Inspector General of Police (IGP, Abubakar Mohammad, in 2014 at Awka, Anambra state capital on April 10, 2014 shortly after Obi left office. The affirmation by the erstwhile IGP, the Media office stated, was eloquently captured by many mainstream and social media establishments on April 11, 2014.
It alleged that but for mischief, Oshiohmole would also have found that Obi is on record to have been one of the most ruthless state Governors in tackling the kidnap menace in the country. It is still on record how Obi personally supervised the sealing off and demolition of hotels and buildings used by kidnappers and other criminal gangs in the state. Crime record in Anambra state under Obi was outstanding and security leadership never failed to appreciate this feat.
The statement reads:
The attention of the Media Office of Obi-Datti Campaign was drawn on Sunday to the baseless claim by the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole that the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has no capacity to tackle security as his tenure in Anambra proved so.
The former Edo Governor also in his groundless outburst to satisfy his audience claimed that it was Obi’s successor, Willie Obiano who was able to solve some security challenges that Obi could not tackle.
When the LP candidate told Nigerians severally to go and verify his past, he knew what the outcome of such verification would be, in his favor, except for attack dogs like Oshiohmole who would always stand truth on its head, fabricate tales ostensibly to satisfy his pay master who is not verifiable.
If Comrade Oshiohmole had bothered to verify Obi’s security records as Anambra state governor, he would have found what the Inspector General of Police in 2014, Abubakar Mohammad said in Awka, Anambra state capital on April 10, 2014 shortly after Obi left office. The affirmation by the erstwhile IGP was eloquently captured by many mainstream and social media establishments on April 11, 2014.
But for mischief, Oshiohmole would also have found that Obi is on record to have been one of the most ruthless state Governors in tackling the kidnap menace in the country. It is still on record how Obi personally supervised the sealing off and demolition of hotels and buildings used by kidnappers and other criminal gangs in the state. Crime record in Anambra state under Obi was outstanding and security leadership never failed to appreciate this feat.
Obi-Datti Media therefore urges members of the public to be vigilant and resist any attempt to foist proxy Presidents on them with lies and they should repel any fraudulent attempt to frustrate the Movement’s goal of taking back the country battered by corrupt and greedy leaders.