.....Says Sponsors Jittery Over Obi's enviable political profile

A South West socio-cultural group, Yoruba For National Renaissance (YNR) has expressed regret over a report published by a leading online newspaper in Nigeria, Premium Times in which a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi was fingered in a Panama Paper as one of Nigerian leaders who allegedly laundered money overseas using the offshore shell.

The group says the report is not only misleading but a sponsored campaign to smear the character of Obi whom it says not only maintained a high integrity standard in his years of public service but has remained an epitome of uprightness and diligence in management of public funds.

In a release on Tuesday signed by YNR Director of Publicity, Lawal Olabode, the group insists that the publication betrays public trust which journalism stands for and smacks of unprofessionalism, adding that it is a handiwork of elements who are jittery of the enviable political profile of the former governor which he solely gained through dedication, honesty, and integrity in service of his people and the country at large.

"This concocted falsehood against the person of Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP in 2019 election did not come to us as a surprise. It highlights the desperation of people who have refused to provide leadership to Nigerians to clutch unto anything, including straw to save their face.

"It is sad however that an otherwise respected newspaper, Premium Times has made itself a willing tool to tarnish the image of a man who has held his head high as one of those who redefined pragmatic management of public resources while in office.

"One wonders if the government of Anambra State has at any point in time raised concern about the mismanagement of its resources under the leadership of Peter Obi as governor.

"Panama Paper which Premium Times cited in the ill-advised report replicates an open advert of neo-colonialism where we rely on falsehood manufactured overseas to smear the character of those who have given their all in service of their fatherland.

"It is equally important to state that the former governor will not stop to speak up against the leadership locust our country is deeply mired into. Our people are living in tension and fear on the ground of failure of leadership. Poverty, hunger and disease bites harder.

"The economy is in shamble. The government of the day borrows with impunity and keeps mortgaging the future of unborn Nigerians. These are germane issues Mr. Obi has continued and will continue to speak against.

"What they have refused to achieve with evidence, they have resorted to whipping up sentiments just to pitch Nigerians against a brilliant public servant who personifies prudence. We dare ask, why has the EFCC, ICPC, and other anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria not unearthed any trace of financial underhand dealings against Obi nearly a decade since he left office?

"Like a pack of cards, this mendacious falsehood will not only collapse but the sponsors will be put to shame. Our people are wiser and know who the guzzlers of our nation's treasures are" the group said.

Source: https://abntv.com.ng/2021/10/alleged-indictment-of-peter-obi-a-distraction-by-those-who-have-failed-to-provide-leadership-group/

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Who do us like this? An investigation by an international consortium of journalists that even Peter Obi didn’t deny and here are our so called youths of tomorrow falling over themselves in a ridiculous manner to bring political undertones to it.

We aren't expecting him to admit the truth

Kai, we'd have a long way to go in this country.
This is why some of us don't waste our precious time seeking for the balkanization of the country.

Most Nigerians are in the same mess but some of us are honest to ourselves to accept the reality that why you're singing in a tone your next door neighbour who maybe your own blood brother is singing another tone. So it become practically impossible to chart the same path.

If you're familiar with the biblical story of the Tower of Babel you'll understand why it is practically impossible for us to pursue the same goal.
Diversity of tongues engender diversity of purpose, conflicting interest and unfulfilled common goal.

A South West socio-cultural group, Yoruba For National Renaissance (YNR)

Peter Obi might have committed infractions by excluding joint businesses he had vested interest from his assets declaration form but no allegation of corrupt enrichment while serving as Governor in the Pandora leaks.

But which one be Yoruba For National Renaissance (YNR) again ? Lol

The Pandora papers is a diligent work of foreign journalists. Peter Obi is not the only one exposed in the fraud. Some current and past Nigerian governors are there, current Czech President, former UK prime minister and many others all round the world. Nobody is trying to distract him, he should paddle his canoe of corruption to one side abeg.