{"id":177927,"date":"2025-09-08T16:56:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/obidient-movement-addresses-el-rufais-imo-visit"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:18:35","slug":"obidient-movement-addresses-el-rufais-imo-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/obidient-movement-addresses-el-rufais-imo-visit","title":{"rendered":"Obidient Movement Addresses El-Rufai&#8217;s Imo Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Obidient Movement in Imo State has refuted reports linking its leader, Peter Obi, to Nasir El-Rufai\u2019s recent visit to the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by Anukanti Vigilius Chukwuka, Coordinator, Obidient Movement, Imo State chapter, the association said Peter Obi was not even the gathering.<\/p>\n<p>El Rufai was in Imo State at the weekend where he attended the Odenigbo Lecture, a cultural intellectual event organised annually by the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri.<\/p>\n<p>The Obidient Movement said it observed that there have been numerous misconceptions being attached to El-Eufai\u2019s visit to Imo State.<\/p>\n<p>The Movement added that it had observed reports linking its leader to the visit, with some claiming that it was Obi who invited El-Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe day preceding the public lecture an illustrious son of Imo State, Hon. Nnaemeka Madagwu, a former Speaker of Imo State Assembly during the reign of Achike Udenwa, hosted EL Rufai who was his boss and who appointed him Transport Secretary when El Rufai was the FCT Minister,\u201d the group\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Obi was not even at this year\u2019s lecture even though he attended previous ones when he was Governor, but the mischief makers are everywhere dragging Obi\u2019s name as the man who invited El Rufai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObi honoured the invitation to the dinner in honour of El Rufai, his colleague in the Coalition, because he saw it as a good Igbo spirit of not forgetting our benefactors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Principal is desirous to create a new Nigeria, that is POssible, and is willing to do it with all well-meaning Nigerians.\u201d<\/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. The Obidient Movement in Imo State has refuted reports linking its leader, Peter Obi, to Nasir El-Rufai\u2019s recent visit to the state. In a statement signed by Anukanti Vigilius Chukwuka, Coordinator, Obidient Movement, Imo State chapter, the association said Peter Obi was not even the gathering. 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