Dele Alake has accused Peter Obi’s U.S. agent, Lloyd Ukwu, of impersonating NADECO to discredit Bola Tinubu’s victory at the 25 February presidential poll.
Alake in a statement released on Thursday, reacted to a report that Ukwu planned to organize a press conference to disparage and cast aspersions on the credibility of the election.
Ukwu claims to be the executive director of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO).
Reacting to the accusation, Alake said: “It must be stated emphatically and without any ambiguity that Ukwu is an impostor, hell-bent on hoodwinking unsuspecting Nigerians in the diaspora and the international community.”
Mr. Alake alleged that Mr. Ukwu aimed to further a sinister agenda on behalf of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Obi, who came third in the election.
He said Mr. Ukwu’s fraudulent attempt to exploit the NADECO platform for Mr. Peter Obi against Mr. Tinubu is laughable and a grave insult to the sensibilities of Nigerians.
Further, Mr. Alake said that Mr. Ukwu was “very peripheral to this group of eminent statesmen and illustrious Nigerians who bore the pain and peril of exile so that Nigeria could be free from the jackboot of the military dictatorship of the late Gen Sani Abacha.
“In trying to robe himself in an unbefitting garb, Ukwu’s desperation to confer credibility on his mission by using NADECO name is bound to hit a dead-end and ignominy.”
“To hide under the name of NADECO to deceive the international media and interest groups is an act that should be condemned by right-thinking people.”
It added: “Majority of Nigerians have spoken loud and clear that Tinubu is their choice to lead Nigeria from May 29, 2023. There is absolutely nothing Ukwu and his ilk can do to change this fact of history.”
(NAN)