Says, owners voluntarily liquidated firm since it was no longer in operation At last, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, h
Says, owners voluntarily liquidated firm since it was no longer in operation
At last, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has responded to reports that a company linked to him and his family, Next International (UK) Ltd, was liquidated by UK authorities for failing to file tax returns for an extended period of time.
The LP presidential flag bearer dismissed speculation about the company’s liquidation saying, the owners voluntarily liquidated the firm because it was no longer in operation.
His response was contained in a statement released by the Obi-Datti Media Office on Wednesday.
The statement also accused political opponents of being behind the story in order to destabilize the Labour Party and its presidential candidate’s massive strides in order to “make political capital out of the development.”
According to a statement signed by Diran Onifade, Head of the Obi-Datti Media Office: “For the record, the entity was 99% owned by Next Nigeria International Ltd., and established as its buying office in the 90s and Peter Obi was 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,” the statement said.
Onifade added that those twisting the said liquidation of Next International (UK) Ltd. have run out of what to use in attacking Obi.
“When our Principal insists that you go and verify facts about him and the information he dishes out, it didn’t say go and falsify facts.
“The LP candidate by his antecedents in Anambra State for eight years, in private ventures where he held sway his records among the pack in this race for the Presidency, puts him miles ahead in moral rating,” the statement said.
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