The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said he would not respond to attacks on him by a former senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye.

Obi, who described Melaye as the “attack dog” of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, said the former senator has nothing to say but to keep attacking him.

The former governor of Anambra State said the reason Melaye has been attacking him was that the latter cannot get the attention he is seeking without bringing him (Obi) in.

The LP presidential standard-bearer made this known via a statement issued by his media office on Monday.

Obi added that “no matter the quantum of untruths and falsity the attack dogs of the other presidential candidates dish out to the easily persuaded to believe public”, he would never respond to them.

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The former governor noted that he is too serious in his “rescuing Nigeria mission to be distracted by busy body jobbers deliberately hired for mischief.”

The statement added: “Obi is not in the competition with them but with their Principals. Obi is issue-driven in his journey to Aso Rock to serve the people and rescue the country.

“Obi has very many useful things to say and cannot afford to waste time on rabble-rousers who do not appreciate the enormity of our challenges.

“Obi is at the service of Nigerian youths who are committed to this project and would not want distractions.

“And above all Obi’s hard-earned outstanding credentials and reputations are such that he cannot climb down so low to join them in the gutter.

“So, for those who call the Obidient media office seeking Obi’s response to Dino’s needless attacks on him, these are the reasons, if you join a mad man in a fight in the market place you could be mistaken for one.”

The Star