{"id":69680,"date":"2022-08-05T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe"},"modified":"2022-08-05T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T12:47:16","slug":"linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe","title":{"rendered":"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has faulted those linking the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to Igbo presidency and Biafra agitation.<\/p>\n

Abaribe said such move was a smear campaign aimed at de-marketing Obi.<\/p>\n

The Abia South Senator wondered why the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has not been referred to as \u201cYoruba presidency\u201d and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, as Fulani presidency.<\/p>\n

Abaribe spoke during a virtual town hall meeting organized by Ikengaonline.<\/p>\n

He stressed that the former Anambra State governor should be seen as an individual pursuing his constitutionally-guaranteed rights.<\/p>\n

According to Abaribe, critics should stop linking Obi to his tribe and religion.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201dIt\u2019s unfortunate that Peter Obi\u2019s emergence which is now a silver lining has come with complications. Tinubu has a presidential ticket, nobody is saying it\u2019s a Yoruba ticket.<\/p>\n

\u201dAtiku has a ticket, nobody is saying it\u2019s a Fulani ticket. But Peter Obi got a ticket and everybody is shouting: \u2019It\u2019s Igbo presidency. Some even try to link him with the Biafra agitation.<\/p>\n

\u201dHave they tried to associate Tinubu with the Oduduwa self determination agitation? Or Atiku within the Fulani herdsmen menace or the banditry in the North?\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. A former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has faulted those linking the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to Igbo presidency and Biafra agitation. Abaribe said such move was a smear campaign aimed at de-marketing Obi. The Abia South Senator wondered why the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":69679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[3037,1570,2140,550,254,222],"class_list":["post-69680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-abaribe","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-biafra","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-obi"],"yoast_head":"\nLinking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Nigeria. A former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has faulted those linking the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to Igbo presidency and Biafra agitation. Abaribe said such move was a smear campaign aimed at de-marketing Obi. The Abia South Senator wondered why the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-05T12:47:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"839\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-05T12:47:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe\"},\"wordCount\":230,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"abaribe\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Biafra\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe\",\"name\":\"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-05T12:47:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":839,\"caption\":\"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe","og_description":"Africa-Press – Nigeria. A former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has faulted those linking the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to Igbo presidency and Biafra agitation. Abaribe said such move was a smear campaign aimed at de-marketing Obi. The Abia South Senator wondered why the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2022-08-05T12:47:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":839,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe","datePublished":"2022-08-05T12:47:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe"},"wordCount":230,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg","keywords":["abaribe","Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Biafra","Nigeria","Peter Obi"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","Policy","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe","name":"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg","datePublished":"2022-08-05T12:47:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_3-62ed2955b0078.jpg","width":1200,"height":839,"caption":"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Linking Peter Obi to Biafra, Igbo Presidency mischievous \u2013 Abaribe"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}