Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has responded to allegation on him by the Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed for inciting people to violence over the outcome of the Presidential elections.
Peter Obi took to his social media platform on Tuesday to deny the allegations against him while saying the Minister accusing him of stoking insurrection is totally malicious and fictitious.
Earlier, Alhaji Mohammed, in Washington DC, USA, said it was wrong for Obi on one breadth to seek redress in court over the outcome of the polls and on another breadth inciting people to violence.
According to NAN report, the Minister said, “Obi and his Vice, Datti Ahmed cannot be threatening Nigerians that if the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is sworn-in on May 29, it will be the end of democracy in Nigeria.
He accused the LP Presidential Candidate of treason, saying Peter Obi and his Vice can’t be inviting insurrection, which he accused them of doing.
“Obi’s statement is that of a desperate person, he is not the democrat that he claimed to be. “Democrat should not believe in democracy only when he wins the election”.
While responding to this allegations, Peter Obi said it is most unfortunate that these consistent efforts to portray him quite contrary to what he is, and his core values, is coming from such high quarters.
According to him, “Minister Lai accusing me of stoking insurrection is totally malicious and fictitious. I have never discussed or encouraged anyone to undermine the Nigerian state; I have never sponsored or preached any action against the Nigerian state.
“Those initiating these actions have increasingly used their official positions and agents to make false allegations against me.
“I am on record as always, advocating for peace and issue-based campaign and never campaigned based on ethnicity or religion. I am committed to due process, and presently seeking redress in the Court”, he said.
Obi urged those engaged in this demarketing process to stop presenting Nigeria in such bad light. “Our future generations deserve a new Nigeria, where they can live a secure and decent life like their counterparts in other climes. It is possible”, he said.