BY SEGUN ADEBAYO – Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says Nigerians should trust and vote for him based on competence and not ethnic or entitlement sentiments in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.
The former Anambra State Governor said his capacity to take Nigeria out of its current economic and security predicament should be considered when Nigerians go to the polls in February 2023 to vote.
Speaking during the Presidential Town Hall series organized by Arise TV on Sunday, the Labour Party Standard bearer said Nigerians must take back their country because it is nobody’s turn but that of the youth and the women.
He further maintained thus; “Do not vote for Peter Obi because I am from the South East, because I am a Christian, because I am an Igbo man, or because it is my turn.
“It is the turn of Nigeria’s Youth and Women, It is nobody’s turn. I want you to vote for Peter Obi because I am qualified. Because I am competent. I know what I can do to put this country off the brink.”
Dropping hints on how to address the nation’s security challenges, the former Anambra State governor said reviving, empowering, and strengthening the local vigilante system in the country and having them work together with the police remains the way to go.
“To provide for every community a vigilante system, that is working, provide them with vehicles, communication equipment, linking them to work with police”, Obi said, even as he blamed the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration for not being forward-looking and adhering strictly to intelligence in forestalling the Abuja-Kaduna train attack and other security challenges in the country.
He promised to do things differently to avert such tragedies from occurring when elected president, noting that; “There was a failure of intelligence processor because before that incident happened, from information available, they were already indications of insecurity within that rail corridor as well as previous attempts and intelligence that were ignored.
“So there was a failure of processing and giving due attention to intelligence which I would have promptly dealt with.
“Two, when it happened, the government’s action and communication were weak. If I was commander-in-chief, we would have acted swiftly, and throughout that process, we’ll have remained in communication and at least, showed consistent empathy to the families of those involved.”
