BREAKING: Aide reveals why Dangote, others avoid Peter Obi in public

Moses Paul, an aide to Peter Obi, Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has disclosed why some ex-associates of his principal in the banking and business sector are avoiding him in public.

Paul disclosed that the fear of retribution from President Bola Tinubu’s administration has made Obi’s associates in the banking and business world to avoid him in public.

He disclosed this in an interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica.

Paul recalled how Aliko Dangote and other Nigerian businessmen avoided Obi in Kigali, Rwanda, during a recent function.

He said: “There was an occasion when I travelled to Rwanda with Mr. Peter Obi. Alhaji Aliko Dangote was in Kigali to hold a conference alongside lots of top Nigerian businessmen and bankers.

“You will not believe that people who were friends with Peter Obi in the banking sector were dodging and avoiding being seen with him because of fear of retribution from the Tinubu government against them or their businesses.

“It’s shocking that in the 21st century, people are afraid to be seen with an opposition leader because of fear of what the government of the day will do. This shouldn’t be coming from a country like Nigeria that is the only future of the black man on the face of the earth.”