Peter Obi Under Pressure to Leave Nigeria, Says Labour Party THISDAYLIVE: Nigeria
The party made the disclosure yesterday in a statement by its Presidential Campaign Spokesperson, Dr Tanko Yunusa, where he expressed worries over alleged plans by agents of the ruling APC and some security agencies to arrest him on false charges of inciting insurrection in the country.
"These concerns have increased intensely in the last few days as immense pressure, has been mounted directly on Mr. Obi to leave the country, no doubt from sources allied to the All Progressives Congress and its agents in the security services. "It is difficult to fathom and indeed unfortunate and regrettable that state institutions have become part of a well-calculated, deliberate and orchestrated campaign of calumny by the APC to discredit and delegitimise Mr Peter Obi and compel him to abandon his right to seek redress in court following the outcome of the last election, which was adjudged both locally and internationally to have failed to meet any standard of credibility or fairness," he said.
Tanko described the attempt to manipulate Nigerians through this tactics as"very sad and wicked", noting that the party's legal team would be taking actions against peddlers of the fake audio conversation.
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