The senator, representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says Nigeria would have been higher off than what it’s at the moment if the Labour Party candidate within the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, had gained the election.
Abaribe mentioned nepotism which thrives underneath President Bola Tinubu would have been non-existent underneath an Obi presidency.
The lawmaker made this assertion on Channels Tv’s Politics Immediately on Monday.
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“If Peter Obi had gained, you most likely would have seen a greater Nigeria than what we’re seeing at the moment
“Primary, he wouldn’t be as nepotistic as this authorities, he gained’t, it’s not in him. That’s simply who we’re, we really feel for the opposite individuals,” he mentioned.
Whereas backing his nepotism declare in opposition to the President, Abaribe queried Tinubu’s appointment of 4 ministers from solely Ogun State when many different states have only one.
In line with him, Buhari towed the trail of nepotism, but it surely deepened underneath President Tinubu as a result of Buhari did it and no one mentioned a lot.
The senator additional acknowledged that relatively than ready for presidents to be truthful to the individuals of the South-East, it’s excessive time individuals of the zone went again to revamp it, make it extra livable, higher and extra cohesive.
He identified that aside from Obasanjo and Jonathan, no president has been truthful to the individuals and that the individuals can’t proceed to attend for that.
Talking on the arrest of the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra in exile, Simon Ekpa, in Finland, Abaribe described it as a welcome growth.
He mentioned the arrest of Ekpa will sign to the individuals at residence who’re purveyors of violence and are being instigated by the Finland-based Biafra agitator that he denied being the Biafran Prime Minister after his arrest.
The lawmaker added that the Igbo had at all times condemned what Ekpa and his ilk attempt to direct from international lands.
Senator Abaribe additionally mentioned that the violence within the South-East will be dropped at an finish when Nnamdi Kanu is launched.
He mentioned that lots of these perpetrating violence with Kanu’s identify gained’t have any motive to proceed when Kanu is launched.
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