I never said Oba of Lagos refused to meet Obi – Osuntokun

The Director General (DG) of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Basorun Akin Osuntokun has distanced himself from a press statement claiming that the Oba of Lagos refused to meet the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi during his weekend campaign trip to Lagos.

Osuntokun, in a rebuttal he issued on Monday, urged journalists to ignore any statement that did not come from the campaign’s media team.

The statement reads:

Re: Oba of Lagos: LP Courtesy Visit

My attention has been drawn to a fictitious “Press Release” purportedly released by me titled “Oba of Lagos: LP courtesy Visit”.

The said deceptive release claimed, among other things that “We informed Oba of Lagos that Peter Obi wanted to come and pay homage to him before our rally in Lagos but Oba said that we should not come”. The fictitious release further claimed that Oba’s reason for not wanting to meet with Peter Obi was that “Oba is not interested in seeing another presidential candidate except Bola Tinubu”.

I wish to clearly state that the fictitious release did not emanate from me, and I never had such a conversation with the revered Oba of Lagos or any of his representatives. Please disregard the release at whatever it represents. Henceforth, please disregard any other release that does not originate from our campaign’s official communication channels.

May I once again assure Nigerians that we will continue to run a campaign that is devoid of calumny, and by the grace of God we shall overcome.

Thanks.

Balogun Akin Osuntokun
Director General (DG)
Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council