Alfred Lahiri
Obi-Datti Media Council has described the alleged attack on the personality of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, by Obidient group as another campaign of calumny emanating from opposition ranks.
Head, Obi-Datti Media, Diran Onifade, in a statement on Wednesday, said the recent alleged attacks on Adebayo was never carried out by the supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, in the concluded disputed presidential election in February 25.
Onifade stated that it had become a pattern for desperate political actors to orchestrate a ruse and blame it on Peter Obi’s supporters in furtherance of the opposition’s subterfuge strategy, which the group said had failed back to back.
He urged Nigerians and the general public to ignore the antics of election riggers, whom he said believed that de-marketing Peter Obi was their sure means of keeping a stolen mandate.
According to him, Nigerians are aware by now that issuing personal insults was not in Peter Obi’s character and he does not encourage his followers to engage in the same.
The full statement 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, indeed every responsible and respectable Nigerian, 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 the same.”