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The Center for Justice and Peace, CJP, has disowned a statement which implicated them for calling for the arrest of the former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello.
At a press briefing in Abuja, the Director General of the Center, Dr. Stephen Okparaibe, said some desperate politicians impersonated the group by issuing statements on its behalf.
Okpara described the individuals as paid agents, stating that they are bent on causing confusion.
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He said the attempt by the individual to undermine the group’s “integrity and independence will not be tolerated.”
According to him, the purported statement contradicts the core values of the group, saying CJP would not call for the arrest of someone who had voluntarily surrendered himself to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
“We are shocked that desperate politicians would sponsor criminals to impersonate our organization and release malicious statements.
“This blatant attempt to undermine our integrity and independence will not be tolerated.
“If the EFCC, which declared Mr. Bello wanted, had him for over four hours and refused to arrest and prosecute him, how could we?” he said.
In other news, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso who is the national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has openly admitted ongoing plans by some stakeholders to pair him with the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, as the latter’s running mate for the 2027 presidential election while boasting that he is much more politically relevant than the latter.
The former Kano State governor, who was also the NNPP presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, however, said that he was waiting to see the criteria to be used for such arrangement given his educational and political pedigrees over Obi.
In a viral video clip circulating on social media on Saturday, Kwankwaso, who was addressing a group of persons in Hausa language, asserted his superiority to Obi, also a former governor of Anambra State, stating, “I’m bigger than Peter Obi politically, I’m his elder brother, I’m a PhD holder, I performed better than him when I was a governor of my state.”
