Peter Obi, former Labour Party presidential candidate, has responded to the reports of a secret meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Rome concerning an alleged ₦225bn debt linked to Fidelity Bank.
Thecapital.ng reports that President Bola Tinubu, Peter Obi and former Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi, met at Pope Leo XIV’s installation mass on Sunday in Rome.
In a statement released on Thursday, May 22, via his official X, Obi described the report as part of a calculated blackmail effort aimed at tarnishing his reputation, explaining he served as a board member but does not hold majority shares.…CONTINUE READING
“It’s obvious that the biggest business for blackmailers now is talking about Peter Obi from every negative perspective.
The media report claimed that Obi met secretly with Tinubu in Rome to seek intervention over a financial scandal involving Fidelity Bank, where Obi once served as a board member.
Obi categorically denied ever requesting or holding such a meeting with the president. “I have never sought an audience with, nor met, President Tinubu since he assumed office, except about a one-minute meeting at the arena of Saint Peter’s Basilica Rome during the inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV, where I was seated behind, and had to respectfully greet him, and other dignitaries present,” he explained.
Addressing further falsehoods, Obi clarified that he does not own Fidelity Bank.
“The self-proclaimed ‘blackmailer-in-chief’ and others who thrive on spreading pain and falsehoods have also claimed that I own Fidelity Bank. For the record, I do not.
“Throughout my career, I have served as Chairman/Director of three banks/financial institutions, of which Fidelity is one of them. Fidelity has over 500,000 shareholders, none of whom hold a majority stake. What this blackmailer seeks is to harm these hard-working Nigerians and cause them needless distress,” he said. Peter
Obi’s statement firmly rejects the allegations and calls on Nigerians to discern truth from malicious rumours.
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