Rivers Crisis: Peter Obi Denies Alleged Comment on Supreme Court Judgement

 

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has reacted to a comment attributed to him.

 

The comment alleged that he described the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Rivers State crisis as “reckless.”

 

In a statement posted on his official X microblogging platform on Wednesday, Obi, a former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, stated that he never made such a comment.

 

He clarified that his statement, from which the report was allegedly drawn, was made in general terms regarding the attitude of the political elite in the face of deepening poverty in the country.

 

“There is nowhere I made direct remarks on the Supreme Court ruling as reckless. Even if a ruling of the apex court is not agreeable to me, I cannot describe it as reckless. I find it very necessary to give this clarification,” the former governor wrote.