{"id":170743,"date":"2025-07-22T18:43:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T17:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/atiku-warns-of-threat-against-peter-obi-and-all-nigerians"},"modified":"2025-07-22T19:50:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:50:30","slug":"atiku-warns-of-threat-against-peter-obi-and-all-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/atiku-warns-of-threat-against-peter-obi-and-all-nigerians","title":{"rendered":"Atiku Warns of Threat Against Peter Obi and All Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has warned that any threat against his former presidential running mate, Peter Obi, is a threat against \u201call of us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku stated this in a terse tweet on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>He simply wrote: \u201cLet it be known that a threat against Peter Obi or any of us is a threat against ALL of us! -AA\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Atiku\u2019s comments come days after the governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, warned Obi not to visit the state without security clearance.<\/p>\n<p>Okpebholo claimed that the last time Obi visited the state and made a donation of N15 million to a nursing school in the state, there was unrest in Benin City, the state capital, leading to the death of some people.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u2019s comments were met with outrage and criticisms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has warned that any threat against his former presidential running mate, Peter Obi, is a threat against \u201call of us\u201d. Atiku stated this in a terse tweet on Tuesday afternoon. 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