Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate in the just completed presidential election on February 25, has expressed concern about attempts by some individuals disguising themselves as “Obidients to abuse and insult eminent personalities in the country.”
Peter Obi cleared his fans, also referred to as Obidients, of being responsible for the insults directed at notable Nigerians and insisted that they were law-abiding individuals.
The former Anambra State Governor also declared the situation to be unacceptable in a tweet on Wednesday.
Reverend Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was one of the individuals targeted, according to the former governor of Anambra State.
Like the majority of his admirers, he claimed to abhor name-calling, insults, and other forms of abuse.
He tweeted;
The use of subterfuge by people masquerading as Obidients to abuse and insult eminent personalities like Most Reverend Pastor Enoch Adeboye or anyone else is most unacceptable. Obidients are by and large, law-abiding citizens.
While differences of opinion are normal, calculated efforts to create ethnic or religious chasm all in the name of politics should not in any way be tolerated. As a person, I eschew name-calling, insults, and abuses, likewise most of my supporters.
The suggestion that some in the fringes engage in such conduct casually overlooks the fact that the political opposition deploys such methods to gain undue advantage and create confusion and bad blood.
The use of subterfuge by people masquerading as Obidients to abuse and insult eminent personalities like Most Reverend Pastor Enoch Adeboye or anyone else is most unacceptable. Obidients are by and large, law-abiding citizens.
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) May 10, 2023
