{"id":130641,"date":"2024-09-11T10:18:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T09:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-campaign-funds-obi-datti-campaign-slams-abure-calls-him-liar"},"modified":"2024-09-11T11:22:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T10:22:21","slug":"2023-campaign-funds-obi-datti-campaign-slams-abure-calls-him-liar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/2023-campaign-funds-obi-datti-campaign-slams-abure-calls-him-liar","title":{"rendered":"2023 campaign funds: Obi-Datti campaign slams Abure, calls him liar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Obi\/Datti 2023 Presidential Campaign team has refuted claims by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure that only Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo superintended over the management of campaign funds of the Peter Obi presidential campaign for the elections.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Abure had while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja after a meeting of the National Executive Council on Monday, said that allegations of embezzlement of campaign funds leveled against him by his detractors were false.<\/p>\n<p>Abure further stated that the two close allies of Mr. Obi were the signatories to the campaign account and were responsible for disbursements, including the payment of party agents.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the party which he presided over as national chairman wasn\u2019t involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party and I have been accused of being responsible for Peter Obi\u2019s failure in the 2023 general election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey stated that the campaign, election donations and funds for the payment of agents were mismanaged by the party hence Peter Obi failed in the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe election funding was done by Obi himself. As per the donations, the party was not involved. The signatories to these accounts were Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo. They were equally responsible for the payment of Polling Unit Agents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, it is mischievous for any person to accuse me and the party of mismanagement of these funds. At no time did the Party or its officials engage in any financial transactions as it relates to the presidential campaign,\u201d he narrated.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to his claims, however, Yesufu, who was also chairperson of the fundraising team for the Obi campaign, in a viral video posted on her official YouTube account on Tuesday, called Abure a liar.<\/p>\n<p>Yesufu challenged Abure to tell Nigerians what he did with the proceeds of the \u2018Labour Party N1,000 Challenge\u2019 campaign donations he has been raising since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cThat statement Abure made was a big fat lie. He thinks it was like those days when they used to do their Labour unionism when nobody had internet or keep records; those days they got away with everything. When it comes to certain things, I am a very detailed and process-driven person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were times when the fundraising team was frustrated with me because of my insistence on due process. Before Mr Obi came out with his campaign account, the Labour Party had theirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have with me here a \u2018Labour Party N1,000 Challenge\u2019 post that was tweeted on 24\/11\/22. It said \u2018Take ownership of the LP campaign by donating a minimum of N1,000 to Labour Party Zenith Account 1225832294.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen that account was opened by Abure, I was very angry. I remember some people harmlessly saying it was no big deal since it was for the same Labour Party campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I insisted that it is not the same thing because we don\u2019t have access to any money that went into the LP account and therefore can\u2019t use it to facilitate the electioneering campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for Julius Abure to come out in 2024 to blatantly lie that they were not involved in any campaign, saying it was only Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua (is unbelievable).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, there are three signatories, not two as he said. Up till now, the LP has not accounted for the money the public donated to them neither have they accounted for the money used to procure forms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are coming six months after Yesufu announced that the fundraising team received donations totalling N596m from party supporters, Obidient movements and well-meaning Nigerians across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>She added that Obi also spent N744,500,000 on litigation following his loss in the 2023 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Obi\/Datti 2023 Presidential Campaign team has refuted claims by the National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Julius Abure that only Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo superintended over the management of campaign funds of the Peter Obi presidential campaign for the elections. 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