The Peter Obi Media Office has dismissed as false a viral claim that the former Anambra governor secured 45 million votes in a purported primary election organized by the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC.
In a statement on Monday, the office said the figures circulating on social media and some news platforms are fabricated and that no such primary took place.
“The attention of the Peter Obi Media Office has been drawn to certain 45m primary vote figures currently circulating on social media and various news platforms, purporting to be the breakdown of official results from an imaginary primary by the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC ascribed to Mr Peter Obi,” spokesman Ibrahim Umar said.
“We wish to state categorically that these figures are entirely false, fabricated, as such, the primary never took place and no figure was generated from any process,” Umar added.
He urged the public, party supporters, and the media to disregard the statistics, saying official information on Obi’s political engagements would only come through verified and authorized channels.
“Those behind this fraudulent figure attribution to Peter Obi are looking for partners in their fraud but they should look elsewhere not with Peter Obi,” Umar said.
