Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, is not a threat to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, according to the forum of Kogi’s former political office holders.
This was said by the forum’s chairman, Alhaji Abdulmumin Sadik, during a Tuesday, August 16, 2022 press conference in Abuja.
Sadik claimed that no other governor in the nation has yet to surpass Tinubu’s accomplishments while serving as governor of Lagos State.
As the APC’s presidential candidate, Tinubu, he claimed, had undergone testing and validation.
He expressed hope that the corruption problem would soon be completely eradicated thanks to the way the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government has been handling it.
“It is there for all to see. Lagos State is like combining the entire South East as one state, the economy of the entire South East is like that of Lagos State.
“If Tinubu can transform Lagos State in eight years, he can transform Nigeria, all it takes is the political will which he has, following his antecedence as governor.
”You can’t compare what Obi did in Anambra as governor to what Tinubu did in Lagos State as governor which had been very consistent.
“Obi for me, may have his qualities, but I think for now, he is in the market at the wrong time, because the APC candidate is more credible and has better credentials”
“I am sure that Tinubu will address it head-on if he takes charge of the country’s leadership come 2023 with the support of all Nigerians,” he said.
He said the group, whose membership spans Kogi’s 21 local government areas, has decided to collaborate to make sure that opposition parties wouldn’t be allowed to participate in 2023 elections.
Although Gov. Yahaya Bello ran against Tinubu for the APC presidential nomination in the primary election, he claimed the group now fully supports Tinubu’s presidency in 2023.
“We intend to get up to 200 votes from each polling units, up to the wards and the 21 LGAs of the state.
“If you aggregate all these together, it means we won’t have less than 1million votes for Tinubu in 2023.
“Kogi is ready for Tinubu/ Shettima ticket and we have decided to come together on one platform to work together for the enthronement of Tinubu presidency in 2023.
“Members of the forum include all former and serving government appointees in Kogi from wards to polling units to LGAs, starting from the time of Prince Abubakar Audu, the state’s first executive governor to date who are grassroots mobilisers.
“We intend to get in touch with our colleagues in other states to form same structure to galvanise votes for Tinubu in their respective states to ensure a resounding victory for him in 2023,” he said.
