The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has described the claims by the Fulani socio-cultural group, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (sometimes also called MACBAN), that the Labour Party presidential flagbearer for the 2023 election, Peter Obi, is being sponsored by the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as untrue.
Recall POLITICS NIGERIA had reported that Alhassan Saleh, the National Secretary of Miyetti Allah, said that Biafra separatists and supporters of detained leader of the banned IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, have switched cause. He said a significant number of IPOB proponents have dumped separatism for Obi’s support.
But speaking with Punch on Sunday, the Director, Strategic Communication, POSN, Onwuasoanya Jones, stated that many members of the Miyetti Allah are key supporters of the “Obidient Movement”.
“I do not know how that individual came about such conclusions, but what I can tell you is that the Peter Obi candidacy excites all classes of Nigerians, including millions of those who, for one reason or the other, are dissatisfied by the way Nigeria is being governed at the moment.
“In Peter Obi, they see a renewed reason to believe in a prosperous and equitable Nigeria,” Jones said.
