The APC spokesman said that Obi demanded that Tinubu reintroduce himself to Nigerians as though the 8.9 million Nigerians who voted for him were unaware of their choice.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has responded to the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate at the 2023 election, Peter Obi, who said President Bola Tinubu needs to tell the nation his real name and clear the controversy around his identity.
In a statement on Wednesday, APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, said: “President Tinubu does not need a reintroduction because he does not have any identity problem, except the one contrived by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi.
“Obi only etched a script authored by Atiku at his news conference.
“At his press conference of Wednesday, Obi blathered on about President Tinubu’s identity and academic records, like a broken voice note of Atiku Abubakar.
“He cut a pitiful profile as though forced to read a prepared statement by his unimaginative handlers, and mendacious associates in the PDP.
“Unwilling to miss out in the campaign of calumny over Tinubu’s Chicago State University certificate, Obi jumped on the tailboard of Atiku’s bandwagon to satisfy his insatiable thirst for cheap media attention.”
Morka noted that Obi’s action came long after his party had dissociated itself from a call to action by the former Vice President.
The APC spokesman emphasised that Obi demanded that Tinubu reintroduce himself to Nigerians as though the 8.9 million Nigerians who voted for him in February’s presidential election were not aware of the choice they made.
He stated that Nigerians who voted Tinubu into office were and remained aware of his outstanding record and accomplishments as a defender of democracy, freedom, social and economic justice for over three decades.
“Nigerians know President Tinubu as a thoroughbred professional and former auditor and treasurer of Mobil Nigeria, now ExxonMobil.
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“Nigerians know the president as a former Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria where he served as Chairman of the influential Finance and Appropriations Committee.
“They know him as a former governor of Lagos State who designed and paved the pathway to the growth and prosperity of present-day Lagos State, the fifth largest economy in Africa.
“Nigerians know who they voted for as the 16th president and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” Morka stressed.
According to him, Nigerians voted for Tinubu with full faith and confidence that his track record and wide competencies will help in the re-engineering of the country’s economy in the interest of all.
Morka added that Nigerians were now familiar with the stellar academic performance of President Tinubu as evidenced by his transcript released by Chicago State University with 18As, 10Bs and three C grades.