Peter Obi Exonerated: Investigation Reveals Another False Claim Against LP Presidential Candidate
- The allegation that non-Igbos were not allowed to own stores in Anambra markets during Peter Obi's administration in Anambra has been investigated
- According to reports, the allegation was emphasised by Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the ruling APC
- Meanwhile, findings by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) revealed that the claim is false
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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.
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Femi Fani-Kayode, APC chieftain made the claim during his speech on TVC.
Kayode was quoted to have said:
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“In Anambra state when he (Obi) was governor, no non-Igbo man could own a store in any of the markets there."
Meanwhile, findings by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) revealed that the claim is false.
The advocacy group said checks revealed that non-Igbos owned stores in Anambra markets even during the administration of Peter Obi as governor of the state.
The findings read in part:
Residents told CDD West Africa that there was no policy barring non-Igbos from owning stores in Markets during Obi’s tenure as governor of the state.
Chika Mbonu, one of the residents, explained that there were areas predominantly populated by non-Igbos, including Hausa and Yoruba.
She, however, added that non-indigenes were not allowed to be in charge of the markets. The positions of the chairman of main market associations were occupied by indigenes only.
Don Adinuba, the commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment at the time, said that the state government could not indulge in any discriminatory policy.
Another resident, who simply identified himself as Dr. Ogochukwu, in a telephone conversation described the claim that non-Igbos could not own stores as a “blatant lie”.
Failure to condemn killing in southeast: Peter Obi exonerated over claim against him
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.
The factcheck was conducted by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD).
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.
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