The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his comments on the ongoing judicial process involving the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu.
News360 Info reports that Obi had warned that the conviction of Kanu could end up worsening tensions rather than decreasing it.
Reacting via a statement by its spokesman Seye Oladejo, APC stated that Obi had inserted himself into the situation to gain relevance in the political space.
“Obi’s misguided attempt to ‘tackle’ the Federal Government and reject a valid court ruling is nothing more than the cry of a man whose political career is in its last embarrassing throes. He is desperately fishing in troubled waters, hoping to harvest sympathy that the Nigerian people have already denied him at the polls,’’ the statement said.
Oladejo said only a man steeped in political confusion could refuse to condemn IPOB’s murderous activities, yet preached morality to the Nigerian state.
The Lagos APC spokesman said Obi’s sudden moral awakening was fraudulent, his selective outrage was insulting and his attempt to dress up terrorism in the garb of sentiment was dangerous.
The statement added, ‘’The salient question that Peter Obi must answer is simple: Why the inconsistency in his position? How does he condemn Boko Haram and their ilk wholeheartedly in one breath, only to embrace, defend and rationalise IPOB in another?
“This two-faced political morality exposes his deep-seated bias, his hollow rhetoric and his desperate ambition disguised as compassion.
‘’We strongly recommend that Obi drops his ethnic blinders, read the judgement without emotions, and in good conscience return to Nigerians with the truth about his sincerity and his innermost desires for the nation he claims he wants to lead.
“There is nothing wrong in boldly admitting he is a regional champion committed to defending “his own”- for good or for bad.
“What is wrong, however, is deceiving Nigerians with feigned neutrality and hypocritical sermonising.
‘’If Obi truly believes his own words, let him first explain: Why he maintained criminal silence when the Southeast burned. Why he could not condemn IPOB even once with clarity or courage. Why he continually plays both sides of the fence- leader by day, sympathiser by night.’’
