LP Presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has explained that his firm, Next International (UK) Limited
was voluntarily shut down by its owners and not liquidated by the United Kingdom authorities, as many have speculated.
A statement issued late Wednesday by Obi-Datti Media Office condemned the opposition for twisting facts for political gains.
The statement signed by the Head of Obi-Datti Media Office, Diran Onifade, said: “For the record, the entity was 99 percent owned by Next Nigeria International Limited and established as its buying office in the 90s and Peter Obi as its CEO.
"At the time Peter Obi became governor of Anambra State in 2006, his wife assumed management of the winding down of the company and about one year ago requested that the company be dissolved under the voluntary strike off of the entity on grounds of dissolution and being inoperational, which is normal in winding up an entity.”
“Peter Obi has consistently maintained that he is no longer involved in any Next-related business.”
“When our principal insists that you go and verify facts about him and the information he dishes out, he didn’t say go and falsify facts.
“The LP candidate’s antecedents in Anambra State for eight years and in private ventures where he held sway put him miles ahead in moral rating among the pack in this race for the presidency,” Onifade stated.
A few days ago, there were reports on some media platforms that the U.K. government has struck off its record, Next International (UK) Limited, a company largely owned by the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi for failing to submit its annual accounts.
The report claimed that the firm was removed from the register of Companies House in September 2021 after a first and second gazette notice of “compulsory” strike-off.
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