A veteran journalist and close associate of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Ike Abonyi has denied as untrue claims by an activist Deji Adeyanju that Peter Obi confided in him (Adeyanju) how he invested Anambra State money into his family business while he served as governor of the state.
Adeyanju tweeted recently that he stopped supporting the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after he told him that he invested Anambra state money in his family business.
Abonyi, who said he attended the meeting between Obi and Adeyanju, added that as much as he doesn’t want to join issues with his friend in public, “I cannot keep mum and allow untruths to thrive.”
Abonyi said no money was offered during or after the meeting between Obi and Adeyanju adding also that there was no promise of any to the best of his knowledge.
He said Deji is on record several times to have declared Obi to be the best candidate and had publicly encouraged Obi to leave PDP to seek his ambition on another platform.
He added, “I was at the meeting Deji had with Obi and was there all through and left with him after about three hours of frank discussion of Obi telling his life story in and out of government none of which is new as he had said similar things repeatedly in the public.”
marrow reading from Deji what I did not hear at the meeting.
“In my shock today July 26, 2022 after reading the post I wrote this to him – ‘Deji, Did you and Obi meet again or the one I was present. Haba! Deji, am shocked, you are free to support whoever without all these funny blackmails. You didn’t even factor my friendship with you.’”
Abonyi added after another negative post by Adeyanju on Obi on July 9, 2022, alleging that the LP candidate could accept an appointment from the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, he, again wrote to Deji thus: ‘My brother, good morning, when did it get to this point. Am still in shock. Obi is not looking for a job a Tinubu will be be offering. As my friend even if you no longer believe in Obi project, I encourage you to stay on issues that will enhance your own reputation.’
“Deji has not responded to any of my posts to him and has not picked my calls. I had wanted us to resolve it as friends without my coming public by urging him to withdraw his posts because they are not based on facts.”
“He is also free to do a U-turn in supporting him depending on what appeals to him, but should not base that on what is not true,” Abonyi added.
