Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday described the conviction of the director-general (DG) in-charge of his campaign organisation, Chief Doyin Okupe, as a deliberate ploy to distract him from his ongoing quest to lead the country, assuring he campaigns train was on track.
He said the witch-hunting of persons in his campaign team cannot break his resolve to be Nigeria’s president.
Obi, who was addressing journalists in Uyo at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, said he remains undaunted by the conviction of Okupe, even as he affirmed that he doesn’t need his message to reposition Nigeria to be delivered on his behalf by another person.
“I am hearing about it (the conviction) just like you. I am still studying what is coming out of the courts. I believe in the rule of law. It is not going to demoralize me.
“Today, when I arrived at Akwa Ibom somebody asked me why I haven’t been using my aircraft because it has been grounded and all that and I said to him that nothing demoralises me.
“In my life I have never stayed where they dropped me, otherwise I would have been where they dropped me before. This election, if they like, let them say anything about people who are around me. I will get there.”