The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the February 25 poll Peter Obi has denied that his supporters are behind social media attacks on the general overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
The RCCG leader recently came under criticism over a statement attributed to him about President-elect Bola Tinubu.
Adeboye was alleged to have said last Sunday that Tinubu would fix Nigeria if God helps him. But former education minister Oby Ezekwesili, a pastor in the church, said Adeboye never said such.
Reacting on Wednesday, Obi, through the head of his media team, Diran Onifade, said in a statement that neither him nor his supporters had anything to do with the criticisms on Adeboye.
The statement said, “Our attention has been drawn to yet another campaign of calumny emanating from opposition ranks, this time blaming ‘Obidients’ for recent unjustified social media attacks on the revered General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye.
“We wish to state categorically that supporters of Mr Peter Obi, like their Principal, have great respect for Pastor Adeboye, indeed every responsible and respectable Nigerian, and therefore are not involved in any social media hounding of the revered man of God most especially over a statement he did not make.
“It has become a pattern for desperate political operatives to orchestrate a ruse and blame it on Peter Obi’s supporters in furtherance of the opposition’s subterfuge strategy which has failed back to back.
“We wish to appeal to fellow Nigerians to ignore the antics of election riggers who believe that demarketing Peter Obi is their sure means of keeping a stolen mandate.
“Nigerians are aware by now that issuing personal insults is not Peter Obi’s character and he does not encourage his followers to engage in the same.”
