Adesola Sulaimon
The presidential campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, debunked claims that the party released a purported video, sabotaging Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi.

Spokesperson of the council, Festus Keyamo, in a statement also described as ‘a figment of warped imagination’ reports making round on social media that the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu withdrew from the presidential race due to health issues.

The statement reads “Our attention has been drawn to an offensive, hate-filled video made and circulated by the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, in which he accused an amorphous and non-existent “Tinubu’s Group” of spreading a Whatsapp message calling on the Yoruba not to vote for him.

“The purported message, according to Mr. Obi, forewarned the Yoruba that a vote for Peter Obi would be a vote for a seaport in South/South and South/East, Firstly, we vehemently deny the existence of any of such “Tinubu group” that made and circulated such a message.

“All groups supporting the APC Presidential Candidate and his running-mate have clear designations with well-known promoters.

“In addition, it is only messages released by the APC Presidential Campaign Council that are officially authorized and for which we take responsibility.

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“We challenge Mr. Peter Obi to reveal the source and name(s) behind that nebulous Whatsapp message.

“We find it utterly disgusting, demeaning and insulting to the sensitivities and sensibilities of Nigerians for a Presidential Candidate of the ilk of Peter Obi to make such a video parroting a spurious, unverified and sham message that has the potential of deepening our faultlines as a nation and further promoting ethnic tensions.

“This is completely unbecoming of a Presidential Candidate that hopes to unite this country. Again, we note that Mr. Obi’s latest stunt is consistent with what is now widely perceived as his adoption of hate as campaign strategy, having consistently failed to rein in his known and identifiable supporters, mostly domiciled on social media, threatening political opponents with violence and death.

“We call on all well-meaning Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic origins or political divides, to rise up and condemn this tactless tactics and cheap manoeuver by a desperate non-starter of a presidential candidate who has decided to resort to crude revisionism, ethnic jingoism and crass insensitivity with a view to whipping up undeserved sentiment to fuel his faltering ambition that is nothing but a flash in a pan.

“Our advice to Mr. Peter Obi is to quit the race if he has nothing more to tell Nigerians.