The Coalition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Ahmed Datti known as ObiDatti in Bauchi state has dissociated itself from circulating pictures of Obi and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar describing them as vice president and president respectively.
Chairman Obidatti Coalition, Bauchi State, Musa Abel, in a press statement issued on Monday, described the circulation development as a deliberate effort to confuse supporters of the LP in the state.
The statement read, “The attention of the Coalition of Obidatti Support Groups in Bauchi State has been attracted to the deliberate misinformation carried out by some persons who are bent on Misdirecting the teeming Obidients in Bauchi state.”
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According to him, “it is aimed at frustrating the obvious victory of HE Peter Obi at the Presidential Election.”
Musa added that, “Posters of the PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar with HE Peter Obi purportedly as the Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP are recently being placed in strategic locations in Sabon Kaura area of Bauchi State.”
He also said that, “We have informed the Chairman of the Labour Party in Bauchi State, Barrister Hussaini Saraki and The Bauchi State Coordinator, Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Rev Joshua Ray Maina of this unfortunate development and they are taking it up appropriately.”
The chairman stressed that, “This is an attempt at taking advantage of the popularity of HE Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate of the Labour party and align him with a different party to our detriment.
“The claim that these were 2019 Posters and the persons who placed them were not aware that HE Peter Obi is no more in the PDP calls for serious concern.”
