Monday, November 11, 2024 - Controversial political activist, Reno Omokri has defended Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election following claims that he lied about building a branch of Savannah Bank in Anambra.
Omokri said Google's answer on the issue was wrong.
Recall that Omokri since throwing his support for Bola Tinubu after
years of mocking him, has been attacking Peter Obi and his followers on social
media.
He took to his social media page and wrote:
"I may have differences with Peter Obi. However, he is not
likely to have lied about building a Savannah Bank branch. Google is often
right. But it is sometimes not correct.
Savannah Bank could not have been founded in 1989, because I remember
visiting the Savannah Bank at the current Trade Fair Complex, Lagos, with my
late mother as a child. Her office was close by. I also recall visiting
Savannah Bank in Port Harcourt when I visited her brother, who played for the
Sharks of Port Harcourt Football Club.
Both visits were after 1983 and before 1986. During the visit to Port
Harcourt, my footballer uncle, Mike Okotie, alias Sunny Sparkle, took this
photograph. I was between ten and twelve when this photo was taken. I know this
because I checked my passports to know when I was in Nigeria and when I was
abroad (I keep meticulous records).
If Peter Obi lied, believe me, I would expose him in a way that would
make him unable to defend himself. But I will not lie against or endorse lying
about a person, even if he is a political opponent, and not speak up to say the
truth just because it will benefit a person who sees me as a foe.
I went to Chicago State University on September 19, 2022, intending to
prove that then-candidate Bola Tinubu did not attend that school. On the
contrary, I got incontrovertible documentary and photographic evidence proving
that he did, and though it was against my political interests at the time, I
spoke the truth.
Just as I did with then-candidate Bola Tinubu, I am also doing for Peter
Obi. I do not know if he actually built their branch. But I do know that
Savannah Bank existed before 1989, contrary to what Google said. And Peter Obi,
at that time, had the capacity to build their branch.
Irrespective of where we stand on the political divide, let us denounce
or praise based on truth, not lies, innuendos, and half-truths."
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