My photos with Trump, MC Oluomo are fake  —  Peter Obi clarifies

By Bayo Wahab

The 2023 Labour Party statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, has dismissed circulating images suggesting helium precocious met with erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump and the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu “MC Oluomo” Akinsanya, describing them arsenic fake.

In a connection posted connected his X grip connected Wednesday titled “Clarification connected Fake News and Photos”, Obi said the pictures and accompanying stories were fabricated to mislead the public.

“My attraction has been drawn to immoderate pictures presently circulating connected societal media, falsely portraying meetings I ne'er had. One of specified images purports to amusement maine with US President Donald Trump, alongside a fabricated assertion that helium praised me,” helium said.

“Another seeks to picture maine with MC Oluomo successful his office. Let maine authorities categorically that some pictures are fake and doctored, and the accompanying stories are wholly false. I person not met Mr Trump recently, nor person I had immoderate specified gathering with MC Oluomo,” Obi added.

He warned that specified fabrications item the dangers of fake quality and disinformation, which helium described arsenic “deliberately designed to confuse, misguide, and distract the public.”

“For the avoidance of doubt, if I had specified meetings, I would person personally made them nationalist connected my X handle. My authorities has ne'er been astir seeking praise oregon inexpensive publicity; it is astir confronting the existent problems of Nigeria,” helium stated.

Obi reaffirmed that his authorities remains focused connected tackling insecurity, promoting regularisation of law, improving acquisition and healthcare, and lifting millions of Nigerians retired of poverty.

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