Dele Alake, media adviser to the All Progressives Congress
(APC) presidential campaign council, says one Lloyd Ukwu, a US-based Nigerian
claiming to be an executive director of National Democratic Coalition (NADECO),
is trying to discredit the victory of Bola Tinubu, president-elect.
Ukwu is said to have granted a press conference where he
made disparaging remarks about the credibility of the February 25 elections.
In a statement on Thursday, Alake said the “impostor” is
working to further a sinister agenda on behalf of Peter Obi, presidential
candidate of the Labour Party (LP).
“It must be stated emphatically and without any ambiguity
that Ukwu is an impostor, hellbent on hoodwinking unsuspecting Nigerians in the
diaspora and the international community to further a sinister agenda on behalf
of the Presidential Candidate of the LP, Mr. Peter Obi, who came a distant
third in the last presidential election,” he said.
“That Ukwu is
attempting to fraudulently exploit the NADECO platform for Peter Obi against
Asiwaju Tinubu is so laughable and a grave insult to the sensibilities of
Nigerians, who witnessed first-hand the struggle by the pro-democracy group in
restoring democratic rule to Nigeria and the roles played by prominent
Nigerians, including independence hero and nationalist, late Chief Anthony
Enahoro, Asiwaju Tinubu, Professor Wole Soyinka, General Alani Ipoola
Akinrinade, late Commodore Dan Suleiman, late Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu,
Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, Chief Cornelius Adebayo and several other
pro-democracy activists in exile to birth the freedom from the military
dictatorship that Nigerians enjoy today.
“We reiterate that Ukwu was very peripheral to this group of
eminent statesmen and illustrious Nigerians who bore the pain and peril of
exile so that our country could be free from the jackboot of military
dictatorship of late general Sani Abacha.
“It is imperative to remind Ukwu and his desperate
paymasters that while Asiwaju Tinubu put his life and resources on the line
during those challenging times, the likes of Peter Obi were either hobnobbing
with the military or nowhere to be found.
“We are of a firm
belief that Lloyd Ukwu is an agent of the Labour Party and Peter Obi, who were
rejected by the majority of Nigerians at the February 25 polls.
“Majority of Nigerians have spoken loud and clear that
Asiwaju Tinubu is their choice to lead Nigeria from May 29, 2023. There is
absolutely nothing Ukwu and his ilk can do to change this fact of history.”
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