The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday threw a jab at ex-Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, urging him to deal with resolving the inner crises inside his occasion earlier than aspiring to guide Nigeria.
Akpabio issued the taunt through the Valedictory Session in honour of the late Niger Delta elder statesman and former Federal Commissioner for Data, Chief Edwin Clark.
He instructed that Obi’s fixation on nationwide points can be higher grounded if he first demonstrated management inside his personal occasion, which is enmessed in protracted management crises.
“In the event you can not even resolve the disaster in that Labour Party, is it the disaster of Boko Haram that you’ll come and resolve in Nigeria?” Akpabio requested pointedly. “Those that are aspiring as presidential candidates ought to cease utilizing social media to sow division. Inform them to repair the small occasion they’ve earlier than dreaming of governing your complete nation.”
The Senate President contrasted Obi’s monitor report along with his personal achievements in governance, citing infrastructure growth, investments in well being and training, and spiritual unity efforts throughout his time as governor.
“I can inform you in regards to the dualised roads in my metropolis, the worldwide hospitals, free and obligatory training, and the unity I introduced by sponsoring hundreds to Jerusalem and Mecca,” he stated. “Let those that wish to rule Nigeria begin by fixing what’s of their palms.”
Akpabio’s remarks had been a response to Obi’s feedback made a day earlier, throughout his tribute to Clark, the place the previous Anambra governor claimed that the sacrifices of Nigeria’s previous heroes had been in useless. Obi pointed to the worsening {economic} and social situations within the nation as proof.
“We are saying the labour of our heroes previous shouldn’t be in useless, however it’s. Folks protested gas value hikes underneath Jonathan, now that gas is N900, they’re silent,” Obi lamented.
In a associated growth, Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo additionally lashed out at Obi for questioning the credibility of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo.
Describing Obi’s remarks as “unfounded and disrespectful,” Okpebholo, by way of his Chief Press Secretary Fred Itua, insisted the election was performed underneath excessive requirements of transparency and equity.
“Mr. Obi’s feedback are baseless and look like politically motivated,” the assertion learn. “We urge him to respect the mandate given by Edo individuals and contribute positively to democratic discourse, not undermine it.”
Okpebholo warned that the peace and stability of Edo State should not be compromised by “reckless and divisive rhetoric.”
