The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General Elections, Mr Peter Obi on Saturday alleged that President Bola Tinubu is plotting to arrest him


In a statement signed by Yunusa Tanko, the Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) stated that it could report from “good and reliable authority that the unsubstantiated allegations against Obi are being orchestrated to arrest him,  limit his freedom and association and stop his propagation for good governance which they find injurious to their lavish lifestyle.”


The statement described as “wicked and baseless” the allegations made by a presidential aide, Bayo Onanuga, that the LP presidential candidate  is the mastermind of a planned protest tagged “EndBadGovernance.”


Onanuga had alleged that Obi should be held responsible for any mayhem that might occur in the protest.


However, the POMR  maintained in it's statement that “Peter Obi by his mien in and out of political office has not in any way shown or been associated with violence even in the most obvious provocations.


“He has always shown even during the electioneering that he is issue-driven as he carries on without calling anybody’s name.”


The media group said it was also aware that “multiple attack dogs have been hired and strategically deployed to ensure that Obi does not enjoy the ear of the Nigerian populace who are keen on hearing his voice on issues.”


The statement added, “These spin doctors and hirelings, to justify their pay, indulge in all kinds of falsehood ostensibly to distract Obi and confuse Nigerians who already see Obi as soothing balm in the current turbulent political and economic environment.


“All the problems real and imagined created by their insensitivity and lavish lifestyle they have curiously tried to link to Obi.


“Notable challenges of the administration which are a consequence of their actions and inactions like fuel subsidy fallout, growing poverty in the land, inflation, nepotism and unresolved historical conflicts among others they blame all on Obi.”


The POMR urged Nigerians to ignore the Presidency’s claims, adding that Obi and the Obidients in Nigeria and in the Diaspora would not be cowed nor made to lose focus in their search for a new Nigeria