Obi Berates Those Accusing ‘Obidients’ of Insulting Eminent Nigerians
Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party has berated those using accusing his supporters, "Obidients", of abusing and insulting eminent Nigerians.
Obi’s reaction followed insults hauled at the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, over his recent comment on the "president-elect" Bola Tinubu.
the LP Presidential Candidate while
condemning the social media attacks, also distanced himself and members
of the Obidient family from what he described as another campaign of calumny
from opposition ranks.
Adeboye had on Monday, declared that Nigeria would prosper under the incoming
administration of Bola Tinubu.
He had said Tinubu could fix Nigeria with God’s help, while urging the
president-elect to fulfill Nigerians’ dream of a new nation.
Adeboye had through his Special Assistant, Pastor Dele Balogun, during a monthly Thanksgiving service at the RCCG Headquarters in Ebute-Metta, said: “Let us pray for the incoming government that God will support it and give it the Grace to do the right thing.
“Thank God the President-elect has promised to fix Nigeria. If God helps him, Nigeria will prosper in his hands.”
The statement however, draw irate mob of young Nigerians who berated the cleric.
Reacting to the rain of abuse in a statement posted on official Twitter
account, Obi said, "The use of subterfuge by people masquerading as
Obidients to abuse and insult eminent personalities like Most Reverend Pastor
Enoch Adeboye or anyone else is most unacceptable."
Obi insisted that "Obidients are by and large, law-abiding citizens,"
adding that "while differences of opinion are normal, calculated efforts
to create ethnic or religious chasm all in the name of politics should not in
any way be tolerated.
"As a person, I eschew name-calling, insults, and abuses, likewise most of
my supporters.
"The suggestion that some in the fringes engage in such
conduct casually overlooks the fact that the political opposition deploys such
methods to gain undue advantage and create confusion and bad blood. - PO"
Meanwhile, Obi-Datti Media Office had earlier condemned such
attacks on the clergyman.
In the statement signed by the Head of the Media Office, Diran
Onifade, they distanced their principal and support group from the attack 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.
“We wish to state categorically that supporters of Mr Peter Obi, like their
Principal, have great respect for Pastor Adeboye 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
same.”
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