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‘Your Last Candidate Failed Nigerians’ – Atiku Replies Obasanjo Over Obi’s Endorsement

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Jan 2, 2023.

Atiku has reacted to Peter Obi’s Endorsement by Obasanjo.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the campaign organization of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the endorsement of the Labour Party (LP) flagbearer by the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.

This online media platform earlier reported that Obasanjo, in a New Year message titled “My Appeal to all Nigerians, particularly young Nigerians,” endorsed Obi to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

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The former Nigerian leader described Peter Obi as a needle with thread attached to it from North and South, and he may not get lost.

Reacting to this, the spokesperson of the Atiku Presidential Campaign, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Sunday said Obasanjo’s endorsement does not reflect the wishes of most Nigerians.

Ologbondiyan opined that Obasanjo’s endorsement cannot sway the decision of many Nigerians considering how he endorsed Buhari, whose administration he now describes as stressful for Nigerians.

According to Atiku’s campaign team, the former vice president is the most experienced among all other candidates with readiness to serve Nigerians.

The former PDP National Publicity Secretary noted that Obasanjo is entitled to his personal opinion, which remains individualistic and cannot redirect Nigerians from their determination to vote for Atiku to rescue and rebuild Nigeria.

He further expressed surprise at the former President’s endorsement of Obi who has not had any experience in governance at the national level in the face of the alarming challenges facing the nation, which requires a tried and tested hand.

The statement read: “In any case, Chief Obasanjo’s opinion cannot sway Nigerians who can easily remember how he endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari, whose administration he (Obasanjo) now describes as “stressful years for many Nigerians,” during which our nation “moved from frying pan to fire and from mountain top to the valley.”

“It is, therefore, extremely difficult for Nigerians, particularly the youth demography, to accept Chief Obasanjo’s opinion as the solution to the myriad of challenges facing the nation today because the last candidate he introduced, by his estimation, failed Nigerians.