The Media Office of the Obidient Campaign has dismissed the claim by the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, that the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has no capacity to tackle security alleging that Obi’s tenure as Governor in Anambra State proved so.
The Media Office equally dismissed Oshimohole’s remarks as an outburst designed to satisfy his audience
In a statement made available to newsmen in Monday, the Obidient Office also debunked Oshimohole’s claim that it was Obi’s successor, Willie Obiano, who was able to solve some security challenges that Obi could not tackle.
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The statement read in part, “When the LP candidate told Nigerians severally to go and verify his past, he knew what the outcome of such verification would be, in his favor, except for attack dogs like Oshiohmole who would always stand truth on its head, fabricate tales ostensibly to satisfy his paymaster who incontrovertibly is not verifiable.
“If Comrade Oshiohmole had bordered to verify Obi’s security records as Anambra state governor, he would have found what the Inspector General of Police in 2014, Abubakar Mohammad said in Awka, Anambra state capital on April 10, 2014, shortly after Obi left office that was copiously captured by many mainstream and social media establishments on April 11, 2014.
“Oshiohmole but for mischief would also have found that Obi is on record to have been one of the most ruthless state Governors in tackling the kidnap menace in the country.
“It’s still green in everybody’s memory how Obi personally supervised the sealing off and demolition of hotels and buildings used by Kidnappers and other criminal gangs in the state. Crime record in Anambra state under Obi was outstanding and security leadership never failed to appreciate this fact.“
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It further read, “Below we republish a story as published by one of the top National Dailies, the Nation Newspaper in the country on April 11, 2014, captioned “IG declares Anambra safest since five years”
“The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Abubakar Mohammed, yesterday declared that Anambra State remained the safest state in the last five years, according to police records.
“Abubakar, who was speaking at the Women Development Centre, Awka, at the state’s Stakeholders’ Summit announced that there was no bank robbery in the state in the last five years during former Governor Peter Obi.
“He urged Governor Willie Obiano to emulate his predecessor by sustaining the security situation in the state.
Quoting the former IGP, the statement said, ‘’ I am ready to support Anambra governor actualize its dream of securing the state. And I must assure you that if the governor is initiating measures to strengthen security in Anambra, he needs the support and it is time for the governor to tell you that the change you are looking for is here.’’
He further “assured the people that the era of police impunity is over, and ordered that the harassment of road users by siren-crazy politicians should stop”
The Obidient Media urged members of the public to be vigilant and resist any attempt to foist proxy Presidents on them with lies and they should repel any fraudulent try to frustrate the Movement’s goal of taking back our beloved country battered by corrupt and greedy leaders.”
