Peter Obi is planning to stage his own assassination attempt – Festus Keyamo

Spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has accused Peter Obi of planning to stage his own assassination attempt.

Keyamo’s allegation is coming few hours after a viral video clip showing the Labour Party presidential candidate reading a message which claimed south-westerners were asked not to vote for him.

In his reaction, Keyamo said the message read by Obi was not authored by any APC group.

“Moreover, here is a man known as a sectional irredentist, with public records showing him expelling Nigerians from a section of the country from Anambra State while he was Governor and has decidedly resorted to ethno-religious card in his activities and messaging thus far, now accusing his better of being an ethnic champion. What a supreme irony!” Keyamo said.

“We are also aware that plans are afoot by Mr. Peter Obi to fake an assassination attempt on himself and hire Labour Party boys dressed in APC caps and T-shirts to attack some Labour Party offices. It is all part of the “US Plan”. It is the first in a series of incendiary actions planned by this ill-prepared but desperate candidate.

“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.”

Obi and Labour Party are yet to respond to the allegation at the time of filing this report.