A factional National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, Dr Abayomi Arabambi, on Friday, knocked the 2023 presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, over his stance on the certificate forgery allegations levelled against President Bola Tinubu.
Arabambi during a world press conference held in Abuja on Friday, warmed Obi to stop taunting Tinubu over the release of his academic records by the Chicago State University.
The LP chieftain reminded Obi that the case has been petitioned at the Supreme Court and the court should be allowed to do justice to the case presented before it, instead of seeking self-justice and emotional defence.
Arabambi described Obi’s press conference over the CSU’s saga as “needless and unwarranted”.
The LP factional scribe argued that since Obi and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party have submitted their appeal to Supreme Court jurisdiction, it will be irritating for Obi to resort to self-help in the face of the pending appeal at the apex court.
“We have been watching with keen interest the various reactions and mudslingings on the unsubstantiated allegations of forgery in respect of the Chicago State University Diploma Certificate of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“While we agree that Peter Obi has the right to his opinion, he ought to be guided by the Constitution of Nigeria because he who comes to equity must come with clean hands.
“As a main opposition Party, the role played by LP former 2023 Presidential Candidate is highly condemnable because it is obvious he is trying to wage war against the President of Nigeria through intimidation to cause concussion.
“We believe rather than Mr Peter Obi engaging in this media tragedy, rascality and comedy, he should have allowed the Supreme Court to adjudicate on the veracity of the issues raised in the President’s certificate saga.”
Arabambi disclosed that as the National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party, he was among the people who screened Obi as one of the party’s presidential hopefuls, alleging that the name written on Peter Obi’s academic certificate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka was different from the name written on the NYSC certificate of the former governor and his WAEC Certificate.
He said “A second look and curious check on Peter Obi’s 1978 School Certificate results posted hurriedly” by Obi’s former aide Mr Oseloka Paul “shows the name Obi Gregory Onwubuasi and not Peter Onwubuasi Obi. ”
He added, “I was part of the people who did the screening for him. In the form EC9, we gave him, he wrote that he attended the University of Nigeria Nsukka and he wrote that he finished his youth service but unfortunately, in the final submission of the form he only submitted his school certificate.
‘So something is fishy and I want to say the name the school sent for mobilization was not what was written on his NYSC certificate and he knows that.
“This destination that he is going to, I don’t know what he wants to achieve. We have before the Supreme Court his petition and the pleadings are not there, you are now calling out someone to come and reveal his true identity.
“For us, we don’t know the true identity of Peter Obi even in the Labour Party because everything was shrouded in secrecy at that time between him and Abure in Asaba.
“We were rushing then because we had just a day to do our presidential primary and that was why he was able to get away with it, but we have it on record that Obi’s name on his NYSC certificate and the one on his University of Nigeria, Nsukka certificate are different.”