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    I Never Begged To See Tinubu In Rome Over Fidelity Bank Debt – Obi

    By Festus AdeloyeMay 22, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Labour Party presidential candidate for 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has publicly dismissed recent allegations linking him to a secret meeting with President Bola Tinubu over a fabricated debt scandal involving Fidelity Bank, describing the claims as “baseless, malicious, and entirely false.”

    In a statement posted on his official X handle on Thursday morning, Obi expressed deep concern over what he called a growing business of blackmail targeting his public image.

    “It’s obvious that the biggest business for blackmailers now is talking about Peter Obi from every negative perspective,” he wrote, adding that even his “solemn spiritual trip to Rome” had been twisted into a “blackmail campaign.”

    Obi addressed a viral claim suggesting he travelled to Rome for a private meeting with President Tinubu in connection with a purported ₦225 billion debt crisis involving Fidelity Bank. He categorically denied the allegation, clarifying the nature of his brief interaction with the President.

    “I have never sought an audience with, nor met, President Tinubu since he assumed office,” Obi stated. “Except (for 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.”

    According to Obi, he was in Rome on May 9 for the lying-in state of Pope Francis and departed for London immediately after the Mass before returning to Nigeria.

    The former Anambra State governor also refuted renewed claims that he owns Fidelity Bank. He acknowledged his previous role as Chairman and Director of the bank, but emphasised that he does not own it.

    “Fidelity has over 500,000 shareholders, none of whom hold a majority stake,” Obi explained. “What this blackmailer seeks is to harm these hardworking Nigerians and cause them needless distress.”

    He described the individual behind the allegations as a “self-proclaimed blackmailer-in-chief” and criticised the ongoing efforts to tarnish his reputation for political or financial gain.

    Obi offered a prayer for those responsible for spreading falsehoods against him: “May God grant you the virtues of gratitude and understanding to know that we came here with nothing and will go with nothing, (and) that they cannot profit from their evil ways.”

    He ended the statement by reaffirming his vision for a better nation saying “A new Nigeria is POssible.”

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