Obi also threw jab at the APC presidential candidate as somebody without antecedent or background that he could be proud of.
By Julius Alabi, Akure
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in February, 2023 general election, Peter Obi today stormed Akure, the Ondo State capital to seek the support of the people of Ondo State, describing himself as the best Candidate who has the capacity to liberate Nigeria from its economic and security challenges.
Obi who also reached to the statement made by his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that he was stingy, said yes that is true but he is not corrupt.
Tinubu had said last Saturday in Akure that Obi is stingy to have save money when he was governor of Anambra State instead of developing the state.
Obi said it was through his stinginess that he was able to save $156 Million Dollars for Anambra State government without owing any bank, contractor or financial institution despite the sorry state he met the state when he came as governor.
He also threw jab at the APC presidential candidate as somebody without antecedent or background that he could be proud of.
He said he and his running mate, Senator Ahmed Datti are people with traceable background unlike others whose real names, schools they attended and parenthood cannot be traced.
His words “We will support small businesses if elected as president. Nigerians will be proud of their country. We will secure this country. The whole South of Ondo State has not seen electricity for several years, how can there be development?
“We want to fight corruption. I am stingy, but I am not corrupt and that is why I was able to save for the people of Anambra. We want people who can save for the country. Don’t vote for tribe, if they say it is their turn, tell them it is your turn to take back the country. Don’t mind those who said it is their turn. We are ready to save the country. This election is about character. You know our background, the school we went, we don’t know their age.”
“We want our children who are in school to graduate at record time. A four-year course should be four years. We don’t want our youth to run away again. I will fight corruption. Go to Anambra State , I left money there. I didn’t steal their money. We must remove these people that brought us into this sorry state. We will recruit police and military and insure them so that they can lay their lives for the country.”
Earlier, the National Secretary of Afenifere, Hon Sola Ebiseni had described Obi as the best for Nigeria to achieve equity and fairness in the country.
“Nigeria needs someone like you, you are one of the finest candidates that we have in this country. In terms of education, in terms of character, in terms of performance, in terms of reaching out, in terms of being a pan-Nigerian, in terms of industrialisation, passion to ensure that our country is liberated from where we are, you have the capacity to make things work”, he added..
