Beware of ‘proxy president’, Obidient movement urges Nigerians

The media arm of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, otherwise known as Obi-Datti media, has advised the Nigerian public to be vigilant and resist any attempt to foist proxy Presidents on them with lies.

The Obi/Datti media also urged Nigerians to “repel any fraudulent try to frustrate the movement’s goal of taking back our beloved country battered by corrupt and greedy leaders.”

In a statement on Monday to counter what it called “the the baseless claim by the former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has no capacity to tackle security”, the Obi/Datti media said Oshiomhole did not bother to verify Obi’s outstanding security record when he was governor in Anambra state.

According to the statement, the former Inspector General of Police
Abubakar Mohammad had during his tenure in April 10, 2014 shortly after Obi left office, declared Anambra state as the safest state in five years.

The statement noted that “Oshiohmole but for mischief would also have found that Obi is on record to have been one of the most ruthless state governors in tackling the kidnap menace in the country.”

The statement further noted that “It’s still green in everybody’s memory how Obi personally supervised the sealing off and demolition of hotels and buildings used by kidnappers and other criminal gangs in the state.

“Crime record in Anambra state under Obi was outstanding and security leadership never failed to appreciate this feat.”

Quoting a report on the Nation newspaper of April 11 2014, the statement said the then Inspector-General of Police had “hailed the relationship between the police and the government under Peter Obi, which contributed to the improved security, and reassured Governor Obiano that the police would give him a 100 per cent support to rid the state of kidnappers and robbers.”

Part of the statement read: “The attention of the Media Office of Obi-Datti Campaign was drawn on Sunday to the baseless claim by the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole that the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi has no capacity to tackle security as his tenure in Anambra proved so.

“The former Edo governor also in his groundless outburst to satisfy his audience claimed that it was Obi’s successor, Willie Obiano who was able to solve some security challenges that Obi could not tackle.

“When the LP candidate told Nigerians severally to go and verify his past, he knew the outcome of such verification would be in his favor, except for attack dogs like Oshiohmole who would always stand truth on its head, fabricate tales ostensibly to satisfy his pay master who incontrovertibly is not verifiable.

“If Comrade Oshiohmole had bothered to verify Obi’s security records as Anambra state governor, he would have found what the Inspector General of Police in 2014, Abubakar Mohammad said in Awka, Anambra state capital on April 10, 2014 shortly after Obi left office that was copiously captured by many mainstream and social media establishments on April 11, 2014.

“Oshiohmole but for mischief would also have found that Obi is on record to have been one of the most ruthless state Governors in tackling the kidnap menace in the country.

“It’s still green in everybody’s memory how Obi personally supervised the sealing off and demolition of hotels and buildings used by Kidnappers and other criminal gangs in the state.

“Crime record in Anambra state under Obi was outstanding and security leadership never failed to appreciate this feat.

“Obi-Datti Media therefore urges members of the public to be vigilant and resist any attempt to foist proxy Presidents on them with lies and they should repel any fraudulent try to frustrate the Movement’s goal of taking back our beloved country battered by corrupt and greedy leaders.

“Let’s always remain Obidient and focused for a new Nigeria whose time has come,” the statement said.