The Obidient Movement in Imo State has refuted reports linking its leader, Peter Obi, to Nasir El-Rufai’s recent visit to the state.
In a statement signed by Anukanti Vigilius Chukwuka,
Coordinator, Obidient Movement, Imo State chapter, the association said Peter
Obi was not even the gathering.
El Rufai was in Imo State at the weekend where he attended
the Odenigbo Lecture, a cultural intellectual event organised annually by the
Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri.
The Obidient Movement said it observed that there have been
numerous misconceptions being attached to El-Eufai’s visit to Imo State.
The Movement added that it had observed reports linking its
leader to the visit, with some claiming that it was Obi who invited El-Rufai.
“The day preceding the public lecture an illustrious son of
Imo State, Hon. Nnaemeka Madagwu, a former Speaker of Imo State Assembly during
the reign of Achike Udenwa, hosted EL Rufai who was his boss and who appointed
him Transport Secretary when El Rufai was the FCT Minister,” the group’s
statement said.
“Peter Obi was not even at this year’s lecture even though
he attended previous ones when he was Governor, but the mischief makers are
everywhere dragging Obi’s name as the man who invited El Rufai.
“Obi honoured the invitation to the dinner in honour of El
Rufai, his colleague in the Coalition, because he saw it as a good Igbo spirit
of not forgetting our benefactors.
“Our Principal is desirous to create a new Nigeria, that is
POssible, and is willing to do it with all well-meaning Nigerians.”
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