Calling Peter Obi Nollywood Candidate Disrespectful – Osuntokun Fires El-rufai

The Director General of the Labor Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has slammed Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for describing the party’s flagbearer, Peter Obi, as a Nollywood candidate.

Recall that El-Rufai had in a recent interview described Obi as a Nollywood candidate who will sweep South Eastern States, but will not perform well in the South-West other than a drop in the ocean of Lagos.

In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, Osuntokun slammed the Kaduna governor for denigrating the former governor of Anambra State, who is a political heavyweight as Nollywood candidate.

He said El-rufai is actually the clown who continues to disgrace himself, adding that it was uncharitable of the governor to denigrate Nollywood actors in that manner.

The statement reads: “It is in recent memory that El Rufai was one of the star proxies of their presidential candidate who couldn’t speak for himself at the Chatham house – to the humiliation and disgrace of Nigeria before a bewildered international community.

“Between El-Rufai and the many independent polls that indicated Obi as the frontrunner, who should we believe? He really ought to be more concerned at the tragic roadshow the campaign of his party’s candidate has become.

“Of the present cast of presidential candidates, especially between Obi and his presidential candidate, who best personifies the Nollywood world of make-belief whereelse but in movies would anyone speak in tongues of the blu blaba boo variety? Or remind us that contrary to street side common knowledge, Atiku Abubakar was indeed ‘Senate President’, not Vice President?

“Though it is in character, it is nonetheless uncharitable of him to denigrate our Nollywood actors. They have contributed more to our nation’s greatness and promise than some politicians whose legacy is crisis, unnecessary controversies, and preachment of belligerent confrontation.

“The good news of Obi’s emergence is that win or lose, he has fostered a seismic change in the political configuration and culture of Nigeria. It is the dawn in which El-Rufai and the retrogressive forces he represents are going to be on permanent disorderly retreat. God does not start a project He cannot finish.”