Extra elder statesmen will endorse Obi – Labour Occasion boasts

This assurance is coming from the Spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Marketing campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, who boasted that the Labour Occasion has continued to achieve acceptance from well-meaning Nigerians.

He disclosed this in an unique dialog with The Punch the place he reacted to a declare that Obi was working for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Recall that the Senate Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, whereas talking on a Channels Tv political programme, ‘One-on-one,’ a number of days in the past had alleged that Obi is a forerunner for the previous Lagos State Governor.

Debunking the declare, Tanko insisted that Obi’s presidential motion was not a person venture, however quite one which cuts throughout all of the states within the nation.

Requested if the Labour Occasion presidential candidate would get extra endorsements from related figures forward of the February 25 election, Tanko mentioned, ”Certain, as we communicate at this time this specific quest will not be about a person, it’s a collective combat to get Nigeria out of the current quagmire. So, each state is anticipated to work for this venture.”

The Spokesman additionally made a reference to the phrases of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his New Yr message to Nigerians through which he endorsed Obi and likewise urged the youths to be centered on the duty forward.

Tanko quoted Obasanjo as this: “Not one of the contestants is a saint however when one compares their character, antecedents, their understanding, information, self-discipline and vitality that they’ll deliver to bear and the good efforts required to remain centered on the job, notably taking a look at the place the nation is at this time and with the expertise on the job that I personally had, Peter Obi as a mentee has an edge.”

“Peter Obi is working for the Nigerian individuals and he has vowed that he’s going to alter the narrative of Nigeria from a consumption stage to a manufacturing stage. I feel all those that are attempting to affiliate themselves with the progress of Mr. Peter Obi-Datti are simply attempting to achieve public discover. As we’re talking we’re coasting to victory to the Nigerian individuals.”

He emphasised that, “That is simply what the previous President Olusegun Obasanjo mentioned that in case you are in search of any person with monitor file, imaginative and prescient, character, and bodily attributes with psychological capability that’s precisely what Peter Obi epitomises. Peter Obi is strongly working to get Nigeria out of the woods.”