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BREAKING: FG Accuses Peter Obi, Datti Of Committing Treason
The Federal Government has accused the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election…
The Federal Government has accused the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi and his vice, Datti Baba-Ahmed inciting violence against the Nigeria government.
VerseNews Nigeria reports that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the accusation in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations.
According to the minister in an interaction session with in Washington with international media organisations said Obi is democrat and his statement showed he is desperate to win elelction
He noted that it was wrong for Obi in one breadth to seek redress in court over the outcome of the polls and in other breadth inciting people to violence.
“Obi and his Vice, Datti Ahmed cannot be threatening Nigerians that if the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is sworn-in on May 29 , it will be the end of democracy in Nigeria.
“This is treason. You cannot be inviting insurrection, and this is what they are doing.
“Obi’s statement is that of a desperate person, he is not a democrat that he claimed to be.
“A democrat should not believe in democracy only when he wins election,” he said.
Mohammed argued that Obi and the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not meet the constitutional requirements of be declared as president.
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According to the minister said Atiku who came second with 6.9 million votes was only able to make one quarter of votes cast in 21 states while Obi came third with 5.8 million votes but won only one quarter of votes cast in 15 states.
“The constitution has stringent criteria for any body who want to be president of the country.
“Not only must he has the plurality of vote cast in an election, he must also have scored one quarter of votes cast in at least 25 states.
“Only the President elect met the criteria by scoring 8.79 million votes and having one quarter of all the vote cast in 29 states of the federation,” he said
“You cannot win election in a poll where you came a distant third position and failed to meet constitutional requirements.
“Peter Obi, while complaining of fraud has not disown his victory in Lagos,” he added
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