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The goalpost keeps moving. First, the argument was that Peter lied about Cynthia Morgan’s earnings. Now, the narrative has shifted to claiming that Peter lied when he said he did not petition Paul to the EFCC. But there is one major problem with that argument: a petition is NOT the same thing as a statement. A petition is the formal complaint that asks an agency like the EFCC to investigate alleged wrongdoing. A statement is an account given during the course of that investigation and can mention other people, transactions or events without making every person mentioned the subject of the original petition. Think about it this way: if I petition the police over a racial abuse incident involving one person, my subsequent statement may mention five other people who witnessed it or were connected to what happened. Their names appearing in my statement does not mean I petitioned all five of them. In this case, the defendants before the court are Jude Okoye and Northside Music Limited — not Paul Okoye. Paul being mentioned in Peter’s statement does not, by itself, establish that Peter petitioned Paul. So Paul’s video is not the issue here. The misleading part is presenting a statement as though it is the petition itself and then using that to tell the public that Peter lied. These documents have different purposes. If you want to prove Peter petitioned Paul, produce the petition and show where Paul is actually named as a subject of the complaint. Documents over narratives. Context matters.