Eko Hotel Genuflect: Doyin Okupe Clarifies Obi’s Deal With Atiku

<h4>Eko Hotel Genuflect&colon; Doyin Okupe Clarifies Obi&&num;8217&semi;s Deal With Atiku<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria reports that following Peter Obi&&num;8217&semi;s humility and respect for Atiku Abubakar&comma; the presidential candidate of the People&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; at the Nigerian Bar Association&comma; NBA&comma; annual conference at Eko Hotel recently&comma; some folks had gone to town with stories to the effect that Peter Obi&comma; the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential contest&comma; may have struck a deal with Atiku to step down&period;Those who are close to Peter Obi have consistently maintained that humility is Obi&&num;8217&semi;s second nature&period; They aver that the respect the Labour Party candidate extended to Atiku was just an extension of his politics without bitterness&period; However&comma; on Wednesday afternoon&comma; Doyin Okukpe&comma; an ally of Obi clarified the situation as presented below unedited<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I <strong><em>hereby categorically refute the false statement&comma; making the rounds&comma; that Peter Obi has made any deal with Alhaji Atiku Abubakar&comma; the Presidential candidate of the PDP&comma; with respect to the 2023 Presidential elections&period; By the Grace of God and the massive acceptance and support of the Nigerian people&comma; home and abroad&comma; and especially the youths&comma; Obi is far ahead of all other presidential candidates in the country&period; <&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>He therefore cannot&comma; logically&comma; be negotiating with any other less popular candidates or their parties&period; <&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>Members of the public are hereby advised to ignore this cheap&comma; self serving and distracting propaganda&comma; which we also believe is not coming from the Atiku camp&period; <&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>The train of the OBIdient movement gathers more and more electorate on a hourly basis&comma; while it is evident that the political fortunes and followership of the other parties diminish and recede like a drying lake in the scorching heat of an arid desert&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Organisation is focused on our mission which is to TAKE BACK NIGERIA and hand it over to the Nigerian Youths&comma; to secure their collective Destiny&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><em>Our compelling commitment and promise is to MOVE NIGERIA FROM CONSUMPTION TO PRODUCTION and so Help us God&period;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;