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Four days ago, Peter Obi blamed the latest killings in Ebonyi on outsiders, calling it an “invasion” and indirectly indicting herdsmen.
In his post on social media, Mr. Obi said:
“I have just been informed of yet another unpleasant news of the recent attacks on the communities of Amagu, Amaokwe, and Umunesha in Nkalaha, Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. This brutal invasion has led to the tragic loss of at least 15 innocent lives, with many others still unaccounted for.”
He then tried to blame the killings on the alleged ineptitude of the Tinubu administration.
But over the weekend, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Governor Francis Nwifuru, who visited the location of the disturbances, revealed that the attack was not an invasion, and was not perpetrated by herders but by local community members.
This is according to the Governor, who said:
“The recent killings at Amegu Nkalaha Community were carried out by some criminal elements from within the community, not herdsmen as earlier alleged.”
Do you see how Peter Obi could have set Nigeria on fire by spreading fake news? This is not the first time. It is a pattern with Peter Obi, who recently spread fake news about the collapse of the National Grid.
In 2024, Peter Obi kicked off his lying season in the New Year by lying that Tanzania had produced so much energy that it had met all its power needs and had to shut down its dams.
Tanzania shut its dams after Cyclone Hidaya flooded its major dams. When Peter Obi was spreading his lies that they had met their power needs, Tanzania was, in reality, facing nationwide power blackouts.
The following week after his Tanzania lie, Peter Obi then lied that it was a national disgrace for Nigeria to receive wheat donations from Ukraine.
However, he failed to tell Nigerians that Egypt, a country he visited, praised, and urged Nigeria to learn from, also received grain donations from Ukraine. It is more dependent on Ukraine for its wheat than Nigeria.
That completely destroyed his argument that it was a national disgrace for Nigeria to receive grain donations from Ukraine. Or does Peter Obi no longer admire Egypt?
Last year, he also lied that a subsisting court judgment ordered the release of Nnamdi Kanu, and President Tinubu refused to obey it. Contrary to Peter Obi’s IPOB-inspired lies, in a unanimous ruling on December 15, 2023, the Supreme Court ruled that Nnamdi Kanu had a case to answer for treason. After that, on May 20, 2024, the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ruled that Nnamdi Kanu should be denied bail.
With regard to Mr. Obi’s latest fake news, what if the Ebonyi community started attacking Northerners and Muslims in retaliation for the attack after reading Peter Obi’s fake news?
This further proves that Nigeria cannot afford to have a reckless talker and notorious spreader of fake news as her President.
Source: Reno Omokri/X.
