Peter Obi dismiss claims that he demolished mosque

The former Anambra State governor and PDP vice presidential candidate has denied allegations from the opposition claims that he demolished mosque and chased the Hausa out from Anambra State when he was the governor of Anambra State.

During an interview with journalists in Lagos yetserday, Obi described the allegations as wicked and inhuman, the allegation being circulated by the opposition that he snubbed the Sultan, Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III; drove the Hausa  away from Anambra State and shunned the then Minister of Finance, Dr. Shamsuddeen Usman’s attempt at mediation and   did not visit schools in the North.

 As a matter of fact, the mosque at Onitsha was destroyed before I became governor.

The irony of this concoction is that I have been a friend of His Eminence, the Sultan right from my first year at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, in 1980 through his tenure as Nigeria’s Defence Attaché in Pakistan till the present.

The fact is that the visit of his Eminence, during which I was alleged to have snubbed him was purely a courtesy call after which I personally accompanied him to see the Obi of Onitsha, Obi Alfred Achebe with whom he had a meeting. I also requested His Eminence to visit the Hausa community in the state during which I offered to rebuild and subsequently gave them the funds for that purpose.”  Obi said

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