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Obasanjo’s Endorsement Of Peter Obi A Big Deal – LP Mocks APC, PDP

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The Labour Party (LP) has mocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for saying that the endorsement of its flagbearer, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo is of no consequence.

During a live appearance on Channels Television on Wednesday, LP Deputy National Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi said both the APC and PDP wished they secured the support of the former president.

Olorunfemi stressed that Obasanjo’s endorsement is not a mere “pat on the back”, describing the former Nigerian leader as a nationalist, elder statesman, and man of integrity.

The LP stalwart added that as far as Nigeria is concerned, the significance of the former President cannot be undermined.

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He said: “He’s an important figure, an elder statesman, a nationalist, somebody who has seen it all. He participated in the Civil War. He was the one that handed over power from the military to a civilian in 1979.

“Even when people were not expecting him to do so, he did that. And you saw his coming back between 1999 and 2007, how he was able to set a very solid foundation for economic growth and development in Nigeria.”

Olorumfemi argued that the former Nigerian leader, like many Nigerians, feels the pain brought on by the corruption of both the ruling APC and the leading opposition PDP.

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He added: “We’re looking at those few Nigerians that have stolen our money and believe that they are so powerful. They have weaponised poverty and they believe that money can do everything. No, Nigerians are departing from that narrative.

“He’s telling them right now that ‘you can’t continue to suffer in this manner. You don’t have any reason to suffer in this manner, and therefore, I am giving this guy a clean bill.’

“[Obasanjo is saying] ‘I’m giving this guy an endorsement, so that Nigerians will know that [with] the benefit of experience, this person is better than every other candidate, particularly those candidates from the two so-called major political parties.

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“These are the people that ganged up against us and threw this country into this mess.

The LP stalwart recalled the former president’s strongly worded letter to former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2013 in which the successor was asked to “forget about” his re-election bid in 2015.

He said: “Jonathan’s boys then joked with the advice and we all saw what happened thereafter. Of course, he has written several letters to this administration cautioning and warning and they refused. All can see the result of that.

“If Obasanjo is endorsing the Labour Party, particularly our presidential candidate, it means he’s seeing something.”