The Labour Party presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Peter Obi, has described the allegation of treason levelled against him by the federal government as “the height of rascality.”.
Recall that the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, had accused Obi and his running mate, Datti of inciting the public against the government, hence committing treason.
Reacting to the accusation, Obi said Mohammad wasted scarce public resources to embark on a journey to the United States and United Kingdom to accuse him of treason while he’s in Onitsha.
He added that the tax payers money spent on the journey could have been channelled to a more productive and impactful projects.
“I committed a treasonable offense and I am in Onitsha, but my minister went and announced it in Washington. That is the waste in governance I am talking about.
“The amount it cost Nigeria to go and make that announcement in Washington, can build a block of six classrooms in a primary school.
“I am sure if you go to his village, there are so many places where children don’t have desks or classrooms. Instead of using that money to fix it, he used the money to go to Washington, just to accuse someone who lives in Onitsha of treason.
“It is rascality of the highest order and that is the reason we are calling for a new Nigeria, where things work the way it works in other climes. From there he went to London, announcing same thing. He should have invited me or come to see me.”
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