Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has denied claims that he said he was classmates with former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili.

During his visit to Port Harcourt, Obi made jabs at Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Bola Tinubu, whose records of his early life are not known.

Obi had said he and Odili attended the same school and the former governor was one of the best footballers the school had.

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Clarifying, Peter Obi tweeted, “My remarks when I visited Port Harcourt have been wrongly interpreted by some people. The former gover of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili and I, are among other prominent Nigerians that schooled in Christ the King College (CKC) Onitsha, and we remain alumni of the school.

“I did not say that former Governor Odili was my classmate, rather I said that he was a great footballer in my school, and we all cherished and had good memories of his football exploits when we got into the school.

“I was in CKC from 1973 to 1978 and Dr Peter Odili had graduated before I got into the school. He was such a fabulous footballer whose image still loomed large even in our time, especially considering the fact that my primary school was close to CKC.”

Obi further explained that the primary schools he attended were feeder schools to CKC and he definitely had known of Dr. Odili.