Thursday, May 22, 2025 - Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has alleged that some paid blackmailers are propagating negativity against him.
Obi denied having a private meeting with President Bola
Tinubu in Rome over an alleged N225 billion debt crisis involving Fidelity
Bank.
He described the claims as false, malicious, and baseless.
In a statement on X, Obi said he was in Rome for the lying
in State of late Pope Francis and the inauguration of Leo XIV
According to Obi: “It’s obvious that the biggest business
for blackmailers now is talking about Peter Obi from every negative
perspective.
“Even my solemn spiritual trip to Rome has been twisted into
yet another blackmail campaign by merchants paid ostensibly to propagate
anything negative against Obi.
“One such individual, whose entire life revolves around
blackmail, falsely claimed that I went to Rome to have a private meeting with
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu regarding a purported ₦225 billion
debt crisis involving Fidelity Bank. These claims are not only baseless,
malicious, but entirely false.
“Let me categorically state that I have never sought an
audience with, nor met, President Tinubu since he assumed office, except about
1 minute meeting at the arena of Saint Peter’s Basilica Rome during the
inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV, where I was seated behind, and had to
respectfully greet him, and other dignitaries present.
“I was previously in Rome on the 9th of May for the lying in
state of Pope Francis. Immediately after the mass and exchanging pleasantries,
I went straight from Vatican City to London, and then back to Nigeria.
“The self-proclaimed “blackmailer-in-chief” and others who
thrive on spreading pain and falsehoods have also claimed that I own Fidelity
Bank. For the record, I do not. Throughout my career, I have served as
Chairman/Director of 3 banks/Financial institutions, of which Fidelity is one
of them.
“Fidelity has over 500,000 shareholders, none of whom hold a
majority stake. What this blackmailer seeks is to harm these hard-working
Nigerians and cause them needless distress.
“To those peddling these falsehoods, and engaging in blackmail, I
offer a simple prayer: May God grant you the virtues of gratitude and
understanding to know that we came here with nothing and will go with nothing, that they
cannot profit from their evil ways. A new Nigeria is possible.”
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