“Group That Warned Nigerians Against Voting Peter Obi Is Faceless”, Investigation Claims

“Group That Warned Nigerians Against Voting Peter Obi Is Faceless”, Investigation Claims

  • The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says a group that wrote against Peter Obi of Labour Party is faceless
  • Recall that a group, United Christian Youth Forum of Nigeria, had claimed that, if elected, Peter Obi will run a Catholic government
  • Meanwhile, CDD report showed that the group was set up for political reasons, and did not exist until November 2022

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Investigations by the the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) revealed that the group - United Christian Youth Forum of Nigeria (UCYFN) - which warned Nigerians against the presidential ambition of Peter Obi of Labour Party, is faceless and unknown.

In November 2023, president of the group, Peterson A Daniels in Abuja, in a statement claimed that if elected, Peter Obi would run a Catholic government.

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Warning against voting Peter Obi
Investigators claim group that warned agains Peter Obi Is faceless. Photo credit: Peter Obi
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The group's statement which was used against support for Peter Obi read:

“The United Christian Youth Forum of Nigeria hereby warn Nigerians to beware of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, who has assured his inner circuit that he shall run a Catholic government if mistakenly elected as President,” he said.

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“He will exclude Pentecostals, Protestants, Muslims, Animists, Agnostics, and Atheists from having access to the dividends of democracy as if they are not humans. Yet, our Christian teaching is not to maltreat anyone on account of these differences.”

CDD investigation report read in part:

"Our analysis revealed that the group is shady and faceless. Our digital investigation showed that the group was set up for political reasons, and did not exist until November 2022, when it made its first statement about Obi."

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Meanwhile, allegations which claimed that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the coming 2023 presidential election said that he won’t condemn the killings in the southeast has been factchecked and seen to be misleading.

Recall that Femi Fani-Kayode, director of Special Media Projects and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council claimed that Obi had said he would not condemn the killings in the Southeastern part of the country because he did not know those behind the dastardly acts.

Peter Obi exonerated: Investigation reveals another false claim against LP presidential candidate

Legit.ng also reported that as the 2023 presidential election moves closer, several allegations have been leveled against presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

One of such allegation is that during his time as the governor of Anambra state, non-Igbos were not allowed to own stores in Anambra markets

Femi Fani-Kayode, APC chieftain made the claim during his speech on TVC.

Source: Legit.ng

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