Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has appealed to Nigerians to reject ‘moneybag politicians’ in the forthcoming general elections.
Obi made this appeal while speaking at a campaign rally in Ekiti State on Thursday, January 5, 2023.
He said, “Moneybags have played a lot of roles but they brought us to poverty.”
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television, the LP presidential candidate responded to the comments of legal luminary, Afe Babalola, who said the highest spender and not the best among the candidates will win the presidential election.
Obi said it is time Nigerians rejected moneybags to elect quality leaders who will bring about the desired change in the country.
He said, “It is time to reject them (moneybags). I am pleading for Nigerians to reject them because they cannot continue. If they continue, we are going to be impoverished.”
The former Anambra state governor also asked Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious sentiments in voting during the forthcoming presidential election.
Obi said he is the most qualified of the 18 presidential candidates, as he promised to provide jobs for youths.
Recall that Obi has been endorsed by elder statemen like former President Olusegun Obasanjo; leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Edwin Clark; as well as nonagenarian leader of pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo.
‘In Interest Of Nigeria’: Youth Group Tells Atiku, Tinubu To Step Down For Peter Obi
Pressure is mounting on the Presidential Candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Bola Tinubu, to step down for the Labour Party (LP) candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 presidential election on age and integrity grounds.
The coordinator for Take Back Naija and Coalition for Peter Obi, in Anambra State, Chidi Nzekwe, described Atiku and Tinubu as spent forces, “who have little or nothing to offer Nigerians, especially the teeming jobless youths and out-of-school children, saying Obi is the best man for the job.”
Nzekwe, who spoke during an Obidients march/rally, organised by the Anayo Nnamah-led Awka South (Obizi) Constituency 2, on Friday, Friday, December 30, 2022, said the event was aimed at stepping up awareness for eligible voters to collect their PVCs and ensure they vote and protect their votes.
He also knocked billionaire businessman, Prince Arthur Eze, for dismissing chances of Obi, in preference to Atiku, adding that he is not the right person to give Ndigbo political direction. He recalled his past doomsday prophecies and campaigns for transition of power in 2023 from Buhari to an Igbo man, which never came to pass.
According to him, 90 per cent of registered voters in the state would vote for Obi, hinting that the coalition is working for all candidates featured in the election.
Earlier, Nnamah, called on Atiku and Tinubu to quit the stage now that the ovation is loudest, and be respected as elder statesmen.
Nnamah pointed out that the event was put together as part of political education for the electorate on the need to vote candidates of LP, as well as keep the momentum on, as the elections approach.
Contributing, a chartered accountant-turned politician, Prince Chigozie Iloh, canvasses Obi to win the election, advising both Atiku and Tinubu to throw in the towel, saying Nigerians are looking for the best presidential material with capacity and emotional intelligence.
Source: Vanguard
