The Chief Spokesman for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation, Yunusa Tanko, has debunked speculation that its flag bearer, Peter Obi, is going about with his brother’s University of Nigeria academic certificate.
Tanko also took a swipe at the Lamidi Apapa faction of Labour Party, saying they are desperately trying to make Obi look like a bad product before the Nigerian electorate.
The campaign spokesman gave the rebuttal in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.
You will recall that the Spokesman of Labour Party faction, Abayomi Arabambi, had last Thursday alleged some discrepancies in the academic certificates of the former Anambra state governor.
The development is coming in the wake of controversy that trails President Bola Tinubu’s Chicago State University certificate.
Obi and his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, had dragged the president at different press conferences amid controversy over the authenticity of the credentials he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
While Atiku accused Tinubu of parading forged academic documents, Obi challenged the former Lagos governor to reveal his true identity to Nigerians.
However, Arabambi stated that it was unfair of the LP candidate to drag the president when he also has discrepancies in his academic qualifications.
Reacting to the allegation on Monday, Tanko berated Arabambi who he said was one of the few expelled members of the party parading themselves as members.
While debunking the allegation of impersonation, the campaign spokesman reiterated that his principal couldn’t have been parading his late brother’s UNN certificate since both studied different courses.
Continuing, the campaign spokesman of Obi-Datti campaign organisation further labelled the Lamidi Apapa faction as ‘political hirelings and buccaneers indulged in menial work of character assassination to ostensibly soil the name of the LP Presidential candidate.’
Tanko also stressed that it is on record that both Arabambi and Apapa are no longer with the leadership of LP.