Peter Obi distances self from attacks on Pastor Adeboye
……Says the opposition orchestrating a ruse against him
Presidential candidate of the Labour POarty (LP) in the February 25, 2023, general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has distanced his supporters, refered to as Obidient, to reported social media attacks on the revered General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
Recall that the respected clergyman had been quoted to have said, at a recent event, that with the hep of God, President-elect Bola Tinubu would fix Nigeria, which generated negative reactions against the Man of God.
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Some believed that the attacks against Pastor Adeboye were from ‘Obidients’ who are admirers of Mr. Obi.
But in a statement issued, on Wednesday, by Diran Onifade, Head, Obi-Datti Media, it said that the report of Obidients being behind the attack was the handiwork of opposition parties.
Onifade’s statement said, “Our attention has been drawn to yet another campaign of calumny emanating from opposition ranks, this time blaming ‘Obidients’ for recent unjustified social media attacks on the revered General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
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“We wish to state categorically that supporters of Mr Peter Obi, like their Principal, have great respect for Pastor Adeboye, indeed every responsible and respectable Nigerian, and therefore are not involved in any social media hounding of the revered man of God most especially over a statement he did not make.
“It has become a pattern for desperate political operatives to orchestrate a ruse and blame it on Peter Obi’s supporters in furtherance of the opposition’s subterfuge strategy which has failed back to back.
“We wish to appeal to fellow Nigerians to ignore the antics of election riggers who believe that demarketing Peter Obi is their sure means of keeping a stolen mandate.
“Nigerians are aware by now that issuing personal insults is not Peter Obi’s character and he does not encourage his followers to engage in the same.”
