Peter Obi Debunks Viral Photos With Trump, MC Oluomo as Doctored

Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has denied claims that he recently met with former U.S. President Donald Trump and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) leader, Musiliu “MC Oluomo” Akinsanya, describing the circulating photos as fake.

In a statement shared on his X handle on Wednesday, titled “Clarification on Fake News and Photos”, Obi dismissed the images and stories attached to them as fabrications aimed at misleading the public.

He wrote:

“My attention has been drawn to some pictures currently circulating on social media, falsely portraying meetings I never had. One of such images purports to show me with US President Donald Trump, alongside a fabricated claim that he praised me.

Another seeks to depict me with MC Oluomo in his office. Let me state categorically that both pictures are fake and doctored, and the accompanying stories are entirely false. I have not met Mr Trump recently, nor have I had any such meeting with MC Oluomo.”

Obi warned that such fabrications underscore the growing dangers of disinformation and misinformation in Nigeria’s political space.

“These are deliberately designed to confuse, misguide, and distract the public,” he stressed.

For clarity, Obi added that any significant meeting he attends would be publicly announced by him:

“For the avoidance of doubt, if I had such meetings, I would have personally made them public on my X handle. My politics has never been about seeking praise or cheap publicity; it is about confronting the real problems of Nigeria.”

The former Anambra governor reaffirmed his focus on addressing insecurity, strengthening rule of law, improving education and healthcare, and lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty.

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