Peter Obi is the man seeking the mandate of Nigerians to serve them as President, not any other member of his family. Nigerians must reject anybody desiring to be President by proxy.
By Emma Ede
The Media Office of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation has reacted to the challenge thrown to the Labour Party Flag Bearer, Peter Obi, by Festus Keyamo, Minister of Labour and spokesman of the Tinubu-Shettima Campaign Organisation.
Keyamo challenged Obi for his son to organize a successful campaign rally in his state, Anambra, similar to what All Progressives Congress, APC, flag bearer’s son, Seyi Tinubu, did for his Dad in Lagos.
In a statement, Obi-Datti Media Office argued: “But the attack dog forget to differentiate the two sons, and their fathers. The only thing that joins Obi and Tinubu is that they were once governors of states in Nigeria. After that one became a parasite to the State government he served with his entire family while the the other left government house and he and members of his family never collected a dime from Anambra State, unlike Tinubu and his household who have grown to be stupendously wealthy with no identifiable industry or means of making money outside the state government for over two decades. This assertion is verifiable for Keyamo and his other hirelings.
“If Keyamo had taken time to study the family he speaks for very well he would have avoided this comparison that is bound to expose the parasitic life of his Principal and understand why the entire household is headlong in the campaign.
“The other time Tinubu’s wife, Senator Remi, was threatening fire and brimstone over Lagos, then the daughter and now the son are showing off with rally. Do you blame a people struggling to keep a family business? The Tinubu family have cornered the commonwealth of Lagos State which they now run as a family enterprise.
“Obi’s family is not part of his politcs, they are running their lives, contributing to development without nearing public funds.
“Obi-Datti Media Office also noticed that Tinubu’s wife and some parasitic First Ladies took government airplane to campaign spots because they can hardly exist without government patronage.
“The LP Candidate, Peter Obi is the man seeking the mandate of the Nigerian people to serve them as President not any other member of his family. He has said it repeatedly that Nigerians must reject anybody desiring to be President by proxy.
We therefore join our candidate to demand that candidates, not their wives , sons or daughters are seeking for the peoples votes and they should be scrutinized by the people.
“It’s dangerous and discomforting when we cannot differentiate public funds from family and private funds and a serving Minister of the Republic is defending and celebrating it.
“But that is exactly what Nigerian youths through the Obidient Movement are out to halt through their take back Nigeria mantra.
