Hours after publishing an article berating the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the Chairman Editorial Board of The Nation Newspaper, Sam Omatseye has raised alarm over an alleged threat to his life by supporters of the former Anambra State Governor.
Alleging that supporters of Obi popularly known as ‘Obidents’ were issuing death threats against him, Omatseye on Tuesday said the LP Standard bearer should urgently call his supporters to order.
The Columnist’s call for help comes against the backdrop of his opinion piece titled: ‘Obi-tuary’ published in The Nation on Monday, August 1, 2022.
With a deluge of attacks coming his way over the published material, Omatseye, in a somewhat ‘cry for help’, wrote on his Twitter handle Tuesday, urging Obi to call his supporters to order, adding that the LP flag bearer will be held responsible if anything happened to him.
His tweet: “Mr Peter Obi, call your supporters to order. They are calling and issuing death threats. If anything happens to me, you will be held responsible!”
In the controversial opinion piece, Omatseye wittingly compared Obi to former President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing the former Anambra State governor of using religion as bait in the forthcoming elections.
The column reads: “He (Obi) is therefore using religion as bait. He is now on a weekly pilgrimage to churches. Jonathan did the same. The pastors, ever opportunistic, see him as a darling.
“He is visiting a sectional hue of pews. This is the man who divided the church in Anambra State in his time between Catholics and the others.”
