“If anything happens to me, Peter Obi will be held responsible” – Journalist Sam Omatseye

Chairman Editorial Board of The Nation Newspaper Sam Omatseye on Tuesday urged the Labour Party(LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi to call his supporters to order. It is alleged that supporters of Obi popularly known as ‘Obidents’ were issuing death threats against him online. This is coming a day after his opinion piece titled: ‘Obi-tuary’ was published in The Nation newspaper.

He tweeted: “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 his opinion piece published on Monday, Omatseye compared Obi to former President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing the former Anambra State governor of using religion as bait in the forthcoming elections.

Peter Obi supporters are not taking his opinion for granted and have even created obituary adverts on social media for Sam Omatseye for standing against their preferred candidate.