Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, on Tuesday, denied that his campaign has received $150 million in donation from diaspora sources.
A group, under the aegis of Tinubu-Shettima Connect, had urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify Obi over the alleged funding, as it violates the Electoral Act on campaign funding.
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But speaking during a meeting with Nigerians, in London, the former Anambra State governor said the allegations were based on mere speculation.
He noted:
Nobody has given me anything.That is speculation. What I need is not what they would give me. But what they would give Nigeria, because we need them to turn around Nigeria.
This is the energy, the capacity that we need to turn around Nigeria. Every country that was turned around, was done by the diaspora. Even in the Bible, Joseph who left later came back to feed his people.
Obi has been meeting with Nigerians across the world in recent days, traveling through Europe and the United States.
He said his meetings were not part of campaign activities.
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Obi added:
It is not campaign, it is consultation. I am consulting Nigerian diasporans to know why they should be involved in the Nigerian electoral process. And you can see from my conversation and everything that what I am doing is saying let’s get involved.
