An unidentified person associated with Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate in the last general election, has allegedly been accused of embezzling N60 million that was donated to his campaign.
This claim was made public on Sunday by @MissPearls, a strong supporter of Obi, in a series of posts on her X handle.
According to her, N60 million was donated to Obi, everything was “pocketed” by a greedy middleman.
She also revealed that the former governor of Anambra State has learned of the occurrence and is now demanding that the donor receive a refund from the unidentified middleman.
“The corruption we were vehemently speaking against was happening right under our noses and we didn’t even know, I trust Obi. You cant be corrupt around him and go scot free. The coming days will be very interesting!
The corruption we were vehemently speaking against was happening right under our noses and we didn’t even know
I trust Obi.
You cant be corrupt around him and go scot freeThe coming days will be very interesting!
— Pearls (@MissPearls) March 17, 2024
“So someone donated N60M to Peter Obi. A whooping N60M. A greedy middleman pocketed EVERYTHING. Now Obi has found out and said the middle man must refund the donor. Lobatan!,” she wrote on her X handle.
So someone donated N60M to Peter Obi
A whooping N60M
A greedy middle man pocketed EVERYTHING
Now Obi has found out and said the middle man must refund the donor
Lobatan!
— Pearls (@MissPearls) March 17, 2024
Meanwhile, report states that Yunusa Tanko, one of the spokespersons for Obi’s presidential campaign, was reached to seek his comments on the matter.
Although he did not confirm the incident, Tanko noted that Obi had always insisted that people should account for money given to them.
He said: “I don’t know or have heard about that but what I know is that his Excellency Mr Peter Obi has always said that if there are contributions or donations being made for a particular project in support of his candidature, they should account for the persons who have given them the money.
“For example, if I am looking for a support, say I want to mobilize people or agents for Peter Obi and I will now solicit for fund, If people donate to me, it’s incumbent for me to account for those who donated to me.
“In this case, whoever that donated money to that particular person should ask, ‘what was the money meant for, and how was the money used?’ with proof.
“That is why I said, knowing fully well that such a thing could happen, that is why Mr Peter Obi said people should account for money. And it’s because he called people out that’s why people are hearing that people donated ‘X’ amount of money somewhere ‘ABC’, which he didn’t know.
“I am only saying that Peter Obi has asked people to account for money given to them by any group or whosever.”
