The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Felix Morka, has clarified his controversial remarks, which the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, claimed led to threats against his life and family.
Obi alleged that Morka’s response to his New Year message, delivered during an interview on Arise TV, had triggered threats against him and those close to him. In that interview, Morka had remarked, “Obi has crossed the line so many times,” adding, “whatever he has coming to him, he should manage it.”
According to Obi, since the statement aired, he has received numerous threatening messages targeting him and his loved ones.
Appearing on Arise TV’s The Morning Show on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, Morka dismissed any suggestion that his comments were intended as a threat to Obi’s life. He explained that his remarks were a direct response to a question about Obi being described as a “voodoo economist” and a “prophet of doom.”
Morka elaborated, “If Peter Obi was called a prophet of doom or was called a voodoo economist, he has it coming to him because he has crossed several lines of truth, end of story. There’s nothing else to suggest (threats) in those words that I said in the moment of the interview. Peter Obi is speaking a lot of falsehood.”
The APC spokesman insisted that his statement referred only to Obi’s public rhetoric, which he claimed warranted the negative labels. Morka emphasized that Obi’s accusations of threats were baseless and called on him to provide evidence to support such claims.
“He who alleges must prove. If Peter Obi says anyone threatened him, he must beyond just saying I’ve been threatened. For a man in his standing, I think he should supply some evidence of those who threatened him because if anyone threatened Peter Obi, we should not be having a conversation in your studio. The law enforcement system should be looking for those who threatened Obi’s life,” Morka said.
Reiterating his position, Morka stated: “Peter Obi is speaking a lot of falsehood.” He maintained that his comments were merely an assertion that Obi had earned the criticisms leveled against him for what Morka described as crossing “several lines of truth.”
