Veteran journalist and renowned columnist, Sam Omatseye, has alleged threats to his life by suspected supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, over an opinion piece he wrote, titled “Obi-tuary”.
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Mr Omatsaye had on Monday, August 01, 2022 written an opinion piece published in The Nation titled “Obi-tuary”.
The piece read in part “Obi has turned out to be an excuse for even closet Biafrans to betray open emotions about Biafra without being accused of it. This includes intellectuals who did not show mercy to him while he reigned in Anambra as a pharisaic chief executive. It is like wearing a colour beneath another colour. Obi has become a shelter for both miscreants and activists of the crowd.
“Obi knows this. He is happy to be their catharsis, to be their excuse for unfurling their bile at the system, for acting like revolutionaries. He is playing to it by acting as though he is the saint of Nigerian politics. Perhaps the purists of the Biafran cause are unhappy, and they unleashed a past video clip of Kanu on social media.”
The piece, however, attracted condemnation by Mr Obi’s supporters on social media platforms.
Disclosing the threats via his Twitter handle on Tuesday, Mr Omatseye said unknown people suspected to be supporters of Mr Obi had been calling and issuing death threats to him.
The columnist, therefore, urged Mr Obi to call his supporters to order, warning that the LP presidential candidate would be held responsible if anything happens to him.
“Mr. Peter Obi, call your supporters to order. They are calling and issuing death threats. If anything happens to me, you will be held responsible!” Mr Omotsaye tweeted.
