Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has stated that he will step down from the presidential race, if anyone can confirm that he gave ME billion to Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), according to a report which was posted by Leadership Online News on Tuesday.
Pete Obi, while speaking in an interview on Channels Television, denied the stories that he reportedly gave N2 billion donation to the Christian organisations – Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria and Christian Association of Nigeria to assist his bid for the presidency in the February 25 election.
According to the report, the LP candidate disclosed that he does not even have such money in his account and as a result, he can not bribe any cleric with such humongous amount for his presidential bid. He said; “I will step down from the presidential race if anyone can confirm that I gave CAN N2 billion.”
The LP presidential candidate also said that the people are suffering from bad governance and can only benefit good leadership by voting for him, adding; “They should be the ones to even support my campaign with money so that I can emerge [the winner]and not the other way round. I have never given N2 billion to CAN. If anybody can trace that I have given the Christian body money to support my presidential race, they should prove me wrong and I will back down from my pursuit,” he added.