A seasoned journalist, Sam Omatseye, has alleged that supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, were issuing death threats against him.

This is coming a day after he published an opinion piece in The Nation, titled ‘Obi’.

In a tweet on Tuesday, Omatseye asked Obi to call his supporters to order, adding that the LP presidential candidate will be held responsible if anything happened to him.

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 had described Obi as a shelter for miscreants.

The essay partly read, “Obi has turned out to be an excuse for even closet Biafrans to betray open emotions about Biafra without being accused of it.

"This includes intellectuals who did not show mercy to him while he reigned in Anambra as a pharisaic chief executive. It is like wearing a colour beneath another colour. Obi has become a shelter for both miscreants and activists of the crowd.”

Comparing Obi to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Omatseye had accused the former Anambra State governor of using religion as a bait in the forthcoming elections.

The column read, “He (Obi) is therefore using religion as a bait. He is now on a weekly pilgrimage to churches. Jonathan did the same. The pastors, ever opportunistic, see him as a darling.

“He is visiting a sectional hue of pews. This is the man who divided the church in Anambra State in his time between Catholics and the others.”

The PUNCH had reported that Obi had received a massive welcome at the 100,000-capacity Dunamis International Gospel Centre in Abuja, when he visited last Friday.

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The other day, this Sam, a Christian oooo, abused CAN leaders thoroughly for rejecting Muslim Muslim ticket. Now he is calling Peter Obi supporters Obituary all because of he works for Tinubu. Let him face the consequences

Maxymilliano:


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Oga pls Run away from them many of them are ESN IPOB Terrorists. Killing is not new to them they are all frustrated Terrorists .

Bro’s no mind them... they are people with big mouth and empty threat... the dreamers from the south south...

He is making noise. Small shaking they have given him he is crying. It's unfortunate many of them don't yet know what is cooking for 2023. You bring it hot,we raise the temperature.

At the end, we will either triumph or we scatter it all

NigeriaIsGreat:
Your choice

I'm not resentful like the IGBOS that will curse and threaten you for not supporting their igbo president in the form of Obi

What is bad in Ibos having a presidential candidate. Is Tinubu not a yoruba agenda of supporting Buhari a known failure into power, making Nigeria the poverty capital of the world to pave way for him. He even quoted that if Buhari presented a nepa bill as certificate , Yorubas would vote for him. Did you not vote for a certificateless man as an agenda to present someone whose certificate were kidnapped by unknown soldiers? Akitu is also a fulani agenda to keep power in the north. Kashim Shettima is a Kanuri Agenda to get Boko Haram to the corridors of power...d if anything happen to asiwaju to take power. So what's bad in Ibos having an agenda?

Reinaldo:



I am more Yoruba than you and I've always and will always stand for the truth. The simple truth here is that Peter Obi is the best Presidential candidate by miles.

Peter Obi can’t even stand against Kashim Shettima not to talk of Tinubu. Mediocre mind

Some people will actually believed there was a threat to Omatseye's life

Useless propaganda!

You first declared obituary on someone who's still alive and they gave you a doze of your own medicine back and the 70yrs old man is all over the Internet crying like a baby over none existing death threat..

Spits on all Agbadorians

U are calling others dead body but u are afraid of dead

Ok oh

NigeriaIsGreat:
Sadly Obi cannot win

leave that till 2023...who ever wins is God's making and not man. After all Audu Abubakar won but never lived a day to enjoy his 2nd tenure as Governor of Kogi State. Asiwaju or Obi or Atiku as president can't guarantee your life to be better than mine and vice versa.

Peter Obi is the next President of Nigeria.
He will rule over Tinubu and Sam Omatseye

Sannisege:
Peter Obi can’t even stand against Kashim Shettima not to talk of Tinubu. Mediocre mind

lol...Kashim Shettima worked as manager of a bank, and Obi worked as chairman of a bank..and yet Obi can't stand against Kashim Shettima...lol...the joke is on you bruvl. No wonder Osinbajo can't stand against a drug baron like Tinubu...no wonder Mc Oluomo delivered a lecture in Unilag...No wonder an hairdresser became Deputy governor of Lagos State and no one raise a eyebrow, but y'all are dragging Funke Akindele a renowned actress and movie producer like I pass my neighbour generator.

He is a stewpid APC man working for Tinubu. Since Tinubu bettered his life through TVC..

You went too far with that thrash of a column Mr. Man.

Sam Omatseye should shut the fūck up. You wrote an article with the title "OBITUARY" clearly mocking Peter Obi. How can an old man and journalist with many years of experience condescend so low to write that kind of headline about a presidential candidate

Now you turn around to cry foul. Elderly people must understand respect is earned not given

He wanted obituary and obituary is calling him, he's crying

Fake news..

This I have seen

Well a lot has been said, this and that, whatever it is the truth shall surely prevail either here or hereafter.

stupid old man. you called Nigerians obituary and they're reminding you that its going to be your own Obituary very soon

God is merciful.

So sad....no retreat.....no surrender....Obidient is the message

C

Reinaldo:



I am more Yoruba than you and I've always and will always stand for the truth. The simple truth here is that Peter Obi is the best Presidential candidate by miles.

The person above said Peter Obi is obviously and indubitably the most appropriate candidate for the presidential role

They are mostly empty threats. Some people are just being dramatic for political effect.

Peter Obi for President

Are we surprised?

We must never allow IPOB that has transitioned to zombiedients to take over this country.

We all know how everyone has been terrorized and silenced in the SouthEast.

If you doubt me, dare go out on Mondays in Anambra or Imo

Naija no be SouthEast.