According to Keyamo, “Obasanjo too was also using Emi lo kan in another sense. He was saying that it is the turn of some other people to produce the presidency and that is why he is endorsing somebody.”
By Jeffrey Agbo
Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo countered himself while endorsing the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Obasanjo, in his New Year message to Nigerians, caused a storm when he endorsed Obi and said Bola Tinubu of the APC and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP did not have the right mentality to govern Nigeria. He particularly mentioned ‘Emi lo kan’, the phrase popularised by Tinubu which means ‘It is my turn (to be president)’, as a faulty mindset.
During an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday, Keyamo said Tinubu was addressing party delegates, not the general public, by saying it was his turn to govern Nigeria.
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“We saw in Emi Lo Kan, he was not talking to Nigerians. He was speaking to APC delegates in Ogun State where he said ‘look, if you want to say those who have invested in this party, it is my turn,’” Keyamo stated.
“Give me the chance to fly the flag of this party. Was he talking to Nigerians? He was not but yet they keep repeating it 1,000 times so that they will look as if he is talking to Nigerians and claiming some kind of moral high grounds.”
Keyamo added, “Obasanjo too was also using Emi lo kan in another sense. He was saying that it is the turn of some other people to produce the presidency and that is why he is endorsing somebody.”
Tinubu visited Obasanjo last year in Abeokuta to officially inform him of his presidential ambition and seek his blessings.
