The All Progressives Congress, (APC’s Presidential Campaign Council, (APC-PCC) has described Labour Party, (LP)’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi as Nigeria’s most dangerous and divisive politician.
Special adviser on Media and Communication, APC-PCC, Dele Alake, at a news conference in Abuja, said, “For Obi, he would go down as Nigeria’s most dangerous and divisive politician. He elevated his well-known clannish mentality to a most unfortunate height by openly anchoring his campaign on religion and ethnicity”.
According to him, “Obi presented himself as a poster boy for and a champion of our country’s fault lines. He took advantage of our youths, whose expectations are fast paced, who are uninterested in excuses, and who were in search of a hero. He pumped up their sentiments and rode on their emotions while grandstanding as a saviour. It was a false pretence. Obi’s credentials are eternally stained as a former governor with no remarkable legacy”.
Alake said it had become necessary to address the media following the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party, Peter Obi, after their separate press conferences which was held on Thursday.
He said the Council welcomed the decision of both the PDP and LP, and also the NNPP candidates to test their claims, as ridiculous as they were, in the court of law as provided for by the Constitution, adding that the claim that INEC did not use the BVAS was false, saying those who voted across Nigeria, including Atiku and Obi, were accredited by BVAS.
Alake said, “As we look forward to an encounter with both the PDP and LP at the court, we want to enjoin the two of them to pursue their grievances with decorum. They should encourage their members, supporters, and ethnic and religious consultants to follow the path of the rule of law”.
“We note that both Atiku and Obi are claiming victory, wouldn’t it make sense for them to agree who the actual winner is before challenging APC in court? Meanwhile, the APC train has left the station as we continue our effort to make Nigeria better for all Nigerians”, he further stated.
