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Certificate Saga: Obi Didn’t Impersonate Late Brother – Spokesman Slams Arambabi

The Chief Spokesman for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Yunusa Tanko has slammed Abayomi Arambabi, calling him a hatchet jobber for claiming its flag bearer, Peter Obi, used his brother’s University of Nigeria academic certificate.
According to Tanko, the Lamidi Apapa faction of Labour Party are desperately trying to make Obi look like a bad product before the Nigerian electorate.
The campaign spokesman gave the rebuttal in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.
Recall that the Abayomi Arabambi, had on Thursday alleged some discrepancies in the academic certificates of the former Anambra governor.
Arabambi raised the observation when he featured in an interview on AIT News.
The development is coming in the wake of controversy that trails President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University certificate.
Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, had dragged the president at different press conferences amid controversy over the authenticity of the credentials he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
While Atiku accused Tinubu of parading forged academic documents, Obi challenged the former Lagos governor to reveal his true identity to Nigerians.
However, Arabambi, on the live television programme stated that it was unfair of the LP candidate to drag the president when he also has discrepancies in his academic qualifications.
While disclosing that he (Arabambi) was among the panel who screened Obi before the LP presidential primary, the factional spokesman alleged that the name on the academic certificate Obi claimed to have bagged from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka contradicts the name on that of his National Youth Service Corps.
Reacting to the allegation on Monday, Tanko berated Arabambi who he said was one of the few expelled members of the party parading themselves as members.
While debunking the allegation of impersonation, the campaign spokesman reiterated that his principal couldn’t have been parading his late brother’s UNN certificate since both studied different courses.
He said, “Obi in his capacity as Labour Party standard bearer had innocuously advised the embattled President to rest the certificate-gate around him and save the country further embarrassment by reintroducing himself and putting the records straight.
 
“A simple patriotic advisory that was informed by belief in anything that is connected to national development, but their hirelings, freebooters and lawless adventurers prefer to insult our candidate with fabrications.
 
“In one of his pieces of fiction, they claimed that Obi was impersonating his dead senior brother; a farce, slapstick comedy from hell. Obi’s most senior brother is alive. One of his senior brothers who died was in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN years ahead of Obi and read Computer Science while Obi read Philosophy.
 
Continuing, the campaign spokesman of Obi-Datti campaign organisation further labelled the Lamidi Apapa faction as ‘political hirelings and buccaneers indulged in menial work of character assassination to ostensibly soil the name of our Presidential candidate.’
Tanko also stressed that it is on record that both Arabambi and Apapa are no longer with the leadership of LP.
“At the forefront of these malicious hatchet jobbers, is Dr Abayomi Arambabi, who dubiously continues even to identify himself as a member and Publicity Secretary of Labour Party. He and Chief Lamidi Apapa have been going about merchandising with the name of the party and endlessly castigating our flag bearer who we are proud to say is the most popular and loved Nigerian politician today.
 
“As they go about using the name of the party, none has said anything positive about Peter Obi as the presidential candidate of the party they claim. That speaks volumes. Instead, they have even been more vociferous against Peter Obi than their sponsors, yet they claim they are of the Labour Party.
 
“Is it not time the media houses blacklist them for wearing the devil’s coat and speaking on the saint’s platform. After all, none of them or their family members voted for Peter Obi,” he stated.
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Peter Obi’s Appeal Is Lacking In Merit, Substance, Tinubu Tells Supreme Court

Nigeria’s President, Mr. Bola Tinubu, has said the appeal by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, is lacking in merit, substance and good faith.

Tinubu who said Obi’s appeal which was based on allegations dismissed at the election petition tribunal, argued that the presidential election was peacefully conducted all over the country, and the results of elections were carefully and accurately recorded in the various forms of EC8As.

This was contained in a response by his lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, to the appeal filed by Obi challenging the decision of the tribunal.

He said, ”The entire petition was nothing but a jamboree of sorts, which was prosecuted more in the media than in the courtroom and the lower court, being a court of law and not of sentiments, dutifully threw away their petition after a painstaking consideration of same. 

if considered from every angle, is lacking in merit, substance, and good faith.

“Be it noted that, unlike previous election petitions over which this honourable court has presided (in time past) and made far-reaching pronouncements on diverse issues, including but not limited to ballot box snatching, vote buying, voters’ intimidation, interference by the military, thuggery, ballot stuffing, violence, disenfranchisement, non-recording of votes in form EC8A, which is the building block or the base of the pyramid, and such other electoral vices, this appeal arising from a dismissed petition, the main grouse of which is that, while the presidential election was peacefully conducted all over the country, and results of elections carefully and accurately recorded in the various form EC8As, some unidentified and unspecified results, even in the appellants’ brief were not uploaded electronically to the IREV portal. ”

He noted that Obi failed to prove his allegations of non-compliance and corrupt practices as required by law.

Tinubu said, “Instructively, however, the lower court, appreciating that it is not a court of final instance, proceeded to determine the petition on its merit, while itemising several monumental failures of the petitioners to provide any evidence in support of their much-touted case.

“While affirming the election and declaration of the 2nd respondent at the referenced presidential election, the lower court also found that the appellants did not prove any of their allegations on the requisite standards of proof. ”

In his reply on the 25 percent requirement in the FCT, Tinubu told the apex court that Obi was on a “fishing expedition”.

He said, “The other very remote contention is that the 2nd respondent did not score 25 percent of the votes recorded at the Federal Capital Territory.

“With much respect to the appellants, the petition is more of a fishing expedition; much more of evocation of thunder without dews. ”

Tinubu, however, said the tribunal judgment was in order, adding that, “It is against the well-considered judgment of the lower court that the appellants have brought this appeal.”

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Atiku, Peter Obi Should Be Arrested For Questioning Tinubu’s Identity – APC National Secretary, Ajibola

Senator Bashiru Ajibola, the National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has stated that the presidetial candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi should be charged with treason.

Recall that Obi had during a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja asked Tinubu to reintroduce himself to Nigerians and clarify the issues of his identity.

The LP flagbearer also asked President Tinubu to particularly disclose his real names, state of origin, and where he served when he did the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

Reacting to Obi’s press conference in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Ajibola said Tinubu does not need reintroduction because Nigerians are aware of his credentials.

The former Spokesman of the Senate said Atiku and Obi are suffering from the trauma of their electoral loss because they are serial losers, stressing that they need “psychiatrist evaluation”.

The APC scribe asserted that the former Vice President and the former Governor of Anambra State should be charged with treason for questioning the identity of the President.

But the APC said Nigerians are aware of Tinubu’s credentials, stressing there was no need for a new introduction.

He said: “Obi must know that President Tinubu does not need a re-introduction. He does not have any identity problem, except the one contrived by the Atikus and Peters of our political firmament.

“As for President Tinubu’s academic record at the Chicago State University, the facts are clear and settled except for those political jaundiced by the trauma of electoral defeat.

“I think Atiku and Obi should be charged with treason for questioning the identity of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

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Nigerians Are Now Seen As Certificate Forgers, Identity Thieves – Peter Obi

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has lamented the negative effects of the controversy surrounding President Bola Tinubu’s academic records.
According to him, Nigerians are now being seen as certificate forgers.
This is as he stressed that the country’s reputation is at stake as a result of the controversy.
Recall that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, had accused Tinubu of forging the Chicago State University (CSU) certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Speaking at the World Press Conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Obi said Nigerians are now seen all over the world as fraudsters, certificate forgers and identity thieves because of what Tinubu has allegedly done.
Obi also called on the President to tell the nation his true name, the school he attended, where he served and the certificate he obtained from CSU.
The former Governor of Anambra advised President Tinubu to provide Nigerians and the entire world with the necessary information about him once and now.
He said: “Mr Tinubu should tell the nation his true name, the school he attended, where he served and the certificate he obtained. He must do this task once and now. It is a matter of morality, honour, and integrity. Tinubu needs to come clean.
 
“The world now sees every Nigerian as a fraudster, certificate forger and identity thief because of what Bola Ahmed Tinubu did at Chicago State University.
 
“Even though all you need to run for president are primary and secondary school attendance, I personally attached my University degree certificates, plus my NYSC. You can go and verify.
 
“I attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Soludo, Emefiele, the present Vice Chancellor and the two DVCs were all my schoolmates. You can go and verify.

“Bola Tinubu should reintroduce himself to the nation he governs, and tell the nation who he is, where he is from, where he went to school, and his real name. It’s a simple task that will take only a few minutes. And he must perform this task immediately.
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Why Obi Can’t Work With Tinubu’s Government — Labour Party

The Labour Party has said it is impossible for its presidential candidate, Peter Obi to work with President Bola Tinubu’s government.
The party made the revelation in two separate interviews with the National Publicity Secretary of LP, Obiora Ifoh and the National Legal Adviser of LP, Kehinde Edun, according to a report by Punch.
The party’s position is coming six days after the former Anambra State governor shaded the president on Arise TV’s ‘Morning Show’ following the controversy surrounding his academic records at Chicago State University.
Obi stated that any leader who falsifies his credentials or age cannot be trusted to do the right thing and is unfit to lead the people.
He said, “We are at the point where we are challenging the process and that has to come to a logical end before any other thing. These are parts of what makes a nation. The processes through which people assume office are far more than what they do thereafter. It is important that people come in through the right door and not just jump in through the window and keep saying ‘Let’s move on.’

 
“The issue of qualification is the issue of leaders making statements and doing things that are honest and truthful. This is an issue of honour and integrity.
 
“If you look at what is happening in Nigeria today, there are so many issues of certificates, age, and all sorts of one falsification or the other with the leaders. There is no way people can do this and be able to do the right thing. That means they are living a falsified life.”
A few days after Obi’s scathing remark, his party also admonished the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, not to drag the LP candidate into his feud with the president.
The party was reacting to an earlier call by Atiku, for Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso to join his crusade in exposing the alleged dirty secrets of the president.
The reaction of LP was seen by some people as a possibility that Obi would prefer to work with Tinubu than team up with his former PDP ally, Atiku.
But the national legal adviser of LP insisted that such a figment of imagination can never come to reality, reiterating that Obi has already made his stance known.
He said, “I think Obi has something he is pursuing, especially when we are sure we won the election. So it will be out of place for us to now say we want to work with this government. As far as LP is concerned, we are waiting for the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal that will pronounce Obi as the winner. That’s what we are waiting for.
 
“This is why we cannot be talking about Obi, somebody who is the owner of the mandate, working with somebody who is a pretender to the office. Until we see to the end of this case at the Supreme Court, it is not over.”
Sharing the same sentiment, the party’s spokesman also insisted that the LP candidate can’t be distracted by such a notion as he is presently focused on reclaiming his ‘stolen mandate’ from the apex court.
“We are still in the process of reclaiming our stolen mandate through our appeal at the Supreme Court. There is no way our candidate can be seen working for this government. For now, he is focused on the appeal at the apex,” he said.
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Peter Obi Shuns Atiku’s Invitation To Seek Justice Against Tinubu, Says He’s ‘Focused On Reclaiming His Mandate

The candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has shunned the invitation by his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart in the poll, Atiku Abubakar, to join him to secure justice.

Atiku on Thursday called on his co-contestants on the platforms of the Labour Party, Obi; and the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to join his quest in making President Bola Tinubu account for his forgery of Chicago State University certificate.

Atiku said this at a world press conference in Abuja, two days after his lawyers through a United States court obtained the academic records of Tinubu from the Chicago State University (CSU) which showed alleged discrepancies with what the sitting Nigerian president submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission before the February election.

Both Atiku and Obi challenged Tinubu’s election at the Presidential Election Tribunal Court, for months before the tribunal overturned the cases and affirmed the president’s victory.

Meanwhile, both candidates have appealed the dismissal of their petitions at the Supreme Court, with the PDP candidate hoping to use the alleged forged certificate as a strong case against Tinubu in his appeal.

Speaking at the conference, Atiku said, “This quest is not for or about Atiku Abubakar. It is a quest for the enthronement of truth, morality, and accountability in our public affairs.

“In line with this, therefore, I am calling on all well-meaning Nigerians, leaders of thought, our religious leaders, our traditional leaders, our community leaders, our political leaders, and in particular, Governor Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of the NNPP and, the leaders of every political party in Nigeria, and, indeed, every single person who loves this country, as I do, and who wishes nothing but the best for the country, as I do, to join me in this campaign to enshrine probity, accountability and the basic principles of justice, morality and uprightness in our country and in our government. This is a task for each and every one of us.

However, the former Anambra governor, in a statement issued by Labour Party National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, said he was “focused” on “reclaiming his mandate” at the Supreme Court, according to a statement obtained by The Nation.

In turn, he welcomed others to join in their (Obi and LP) pursuit of justice in the country.

The statement said: “The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi is presently in the Supreme Court seeking to reclaim his stolen mandate and he is focused on that.

“He has been in the vanguard of ensuring a just nation where justice must be the watchword, and he will not stop until Nigeria achieves a leadership it truly deserves.

“Obi has pontificated severally on the need for leaders to be good role models and to live a life worthy of emulation. This he has done by publicly putting his credentials in the open for verification. Nigeria will get better when men of integrity and honour drive the affairs of the nation.

“We therefore welcome every other interest willing to join us in our pursuit of a nation where justice shall reign.”

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Peter Obi Files Appellants’ Brief of Arguments Against Tinubu At The Supreme Court (Photo)

The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have filed a brief of arguments at the Supreme Court, in furtherance of the petition challenging the win of President Bola Tinubu in the February 25 polls.

The development was disclosed in a post via the X platform early on Tuesday morning by actor and chieftain of the party, Kenneth Okonkwo.

He wrote: “To God be the glory, we have filed our Appellants’ Brief of Arguments at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. We still trust in God to see us through. Great kudos to all the members of the Presidential Petition Legal Team of @PeterObi. God will bless all of them.”

According to a part of the document seen by Naija News, the filing is an appeal against the judgement of the Court of Appeal delivered on 6th September 2023 in the petition filed by Obi and the Labour Party against Tinubu’s victory.

It added that the appeal is predicated on the notice of appeal filed on 19th September 2023 containing 51 grounds of appeal.

Listed as respondents in the case are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Senator Kashim Shettima and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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BREAKING: Fuel Subsidy Is Organised Crime, I Would Have Approached It Differently As President – Peter Obi

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has reacted to the problems facing the country following the removal of fuel subsidy.
He again emphasized that fuel subsidy as an organised crime.
Obi, on Monday, said this while speaking on Arise TV ‘The Morning Show’ on what approach he would have taken differently in resolving the looming strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress.
“Fuel subsidy is organised crime. I said it repeatedly that it should be removed. For me, the approach would have been, is to remove the corruption and criminal side of it and remove the excess demand.
 
“By doing this, you would have reduced it by 50 per cent. The remaining 50 per cent is what we would have been able to, after consultation with various stakeholders in order to find a way in an organised manner, remove and show the proceed of the gains of the removal to be invested in critical development areas.”
The former Anambra State governor added that he felt positive about Nigeria’s future.
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Peter Obi Reveals Solution To Security Issues In Southeast

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Mr. Peter Obi,the  Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, has said the security crisis ravaging the Southeast region can only be tackled if the leaders are united.

The former Anambra governor stated this in a message he delivered during the Southeast Summit on Economy and Security, in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

According to Obi, the people of the Southeast, who are predominantly businessmen, have gradually lost their sources of income due to criminal activities perpetrated by hoodlums in the zone.

The LP presidential candidate, whose message was aired at the summit, urged the leaders of the Southeast to come together and speak up on ways to end the embarrassing insecurity in the region.

He said, “This summit which is focusing merely on security and its economic impact on the Southeast has come at the most auspicious time. It’s very necessary that as a people we come together, and put our heads together to find a lasting solution to this problem of insecurity in our homeland.

“Our mainstay as a people is business, no business and indeed any other economic activity would thrive amid insecurity.

“If we put our minds to it and work in unity and mutual trust, we will find a way out of this problem that is alien to us.

“Let me therefore commend your excellencies, the governors of the Southeast for initiating the idea of the summit and working together to make this a reality.

“Let me urge everyone at this summit and those of us who are unable to attend in person to speak up, contribute ideas, and be part of the initiatives or actions that would be agreed upon at this summit to bring an end to the problem of insecurity in our region.

“God to guide us, grant us the wisdom, strength, and courage to take the necessary steps to end insecurity in our homeland so that we can continue to work with our God-given talent and energy to restore peace, tranquility in the Southeast and indeed our dear country Nigeria.”

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Why Peter Obi Thought PEPC Would Declare Him Winner – Yunusa Tanko

Dr. Tanko Yunusa, the national spokesman of the the Peter Obi/Labour Party (LP), 2023 Presidential Campaign Committee has opened up on why Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 election had high hope of winning his case at his Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT).
Recall that before the Tribunal verdict, Obi, on various occasions had expressed his confidence that he would be declared the winner of the presidential election.
However, the reverse was the case when the PEPT judges upheld the victory of President Bola Tinubu.
Explaining why Obi was confident he would be declared winner, Yunusa said it was because of his faith in the PEPC and the judiciary.
He stated that many Nigerians had hoped that the judiciary would be bold enough to upturn the election result because of the glaring evidence.
According to him, “Many Nigerians expected that the judiciary would be courageous enough to upturn the election considering the humongous evidence that were presented before the court. Our principal, Peter Obi had so much faith in the PEPC and the judiciary, and so also did we in the labour Party but when we see them skin off basic fundamental truths, it is important for the people to air their views on the matter.
 
“There are different views and opinions on the judgement of the PEPC but the most important thing is that the verdict of the Justices is a classical rape on Nigeria’s democracy and that did not go down well on many Nigerians.”

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