The media office urged the Nigerian public not to be gullible but to disregard the fake Thisday Newspaper publication and embrace the correct edition.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The Obi-Datti Media Office has knocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) after fake ThisDay Newspaper headlines went viral where it was purported that Peter Obi said Bola Tinubu won the presidential election on February 25, 2023, but should be disqualified nonetheless.
The media office, in a statement on Monday by its head Diran Onifade, also criticised the APC for telling the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) not to include Mr Obi if it intends to declare a rerun of the presidential election.
The statement said, “The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 2023 election, Peter Obi remains the phenomenal political leader of contemporary Nigeria that all good heads want to hug but devious ones want to de-market, tarnish and if possible, destroy.
“As Obi’s political profile continues to soar among Nigerians at home and in the diaspora, the envy, and anger against him by those envious of his positive attributes continue to rise.
“Obi-Datti Media office has noted how a worried ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and its Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu are even wishing and pleading with the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal PEPC to consider pairing them with ATIKU Abubakar of the PDP instead of Obi and in fact, wants Obi disqualified outrightly and be prevented from participating in the rerun, should there be one.
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“In their desperation to stop Obi at all costs, they have lined up a series of untoward activities using rogue troll agents that seek to portray him negatively and copiously misrepresent him in public space.
“The latest machination is the production of a fake Sunday’s edition of THISDAY NEWSPAPER of July 23, 2023, which they are circulating and purporting in their mischievous lead story that Obi granted an interview which they captioned as him saying: ‘Tinubu won but disqualify him and set a rerun between ATIKU and I.’
“This devilish act is ostensibly to enable them to defend their call that Obi should be disqualified by the PEPC thus seeking a rerun between Tinubu and ATIKU.”
The media office said it recalled that last week it was alleged that Obi granted an interview on Arise Television, saying he was willing to take defeat and wait for elections in 2027.
“All this wicked and dubious propaganda is aimed at achieving one mission; to confuse the public, distract and defocus the Justices from their statutory responsibilities.
“We, therefore wish to urge the Nigerian public not to be gullible and to disregard the fake THISDAY publication and embrace the correct edition with the lead story, ‘ATIKU: APC Plotting to Manipulate Judiciary, Undermine Democracy.’ They should also watch out for more of these sinister acts of desperation orchestrated by a drowning government that is visibly afraid of justice which must certainly come,” the statement said.