Peter Obi, Omoyele Sowore attack each other in verbal combat

Two candidates in the last presidential election, Peter Obi and Omoyele Sowore, have thrown jibes at each other, calling each other derogatory names.

None of the two politicians mentioned each other’s names in their posts on X, on Thursday, but a review of their posts and the history behind them indicated who they were referring to.

Mr Obi threw the first salvo when he described Mr Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, as a “blackmailer” and “self-proclaimed ‘ blackmailer-in-chief” in response to a story published by Sahara Reporters.

The platform had claimed that Mr Obi’s recent meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Rome was to allow the opposition leader to plead with the president on behalf of Fidelity Bank, a bank Mr Obi once led.

In his post on X, Mr Obi denied seeking a meeting with Mr Tinubu to discuss Fidelity Bank. The former Anambra State governor said the only time he encountered the president was in a brief moment during the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV at Saint Peter’s Basilica.

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