Former Governor of
Anambra state, Peter Obi , has refuted claims by the state governor Willie
Obiano that the transfer of Boko Haram prisoners was concluded in 2012 during
the reign of former Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and Obi as governor
of the state.
He expressed shock
about Obiano’s claims, describing it as a blatant lie.
Reacting to the claim
that Jonathan and Obi were behind the relocation of Boko Haram terrorists to
Anambra State, the media aide to Peter Obi, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, said he was
shocked that Governor Willie Obiano would personally sign such a release laying
claims to what appeared nauseating and childish.
Obienyem said that
such a claim would only end up proving to the people that there were more to
the relocation than they already knew.
Describing the claim
as a blatant lie, Obienyem wondered how an action or a plan concluded by a man
who left office almost 16 months ago was being implemented now.
He said: “The
governor is clearly looking for an alibi for an action that was against the
people. He should look elsewhere and not in the direction of Mr. Peter Obi,
who, since he left office, had opted to stay away from Awka and not to distract
the present government in any way.”
Obienyem said Anambra
people expected commendation from Obiano for Obi for the N75 billion in cash
and investment he left for him and for restoring the pride of the state when
other governors were bequeathing debts to their successors, rather than trying
vainly to drag his name to the mud through statements such as this present one
linking him to the Boko Haram issue.
He said the present
campaign was not the first, recalling that the same people mass-produced
documentaries against Obi and shared them free to people.
