Why Tinubu indeed deserves a place in Guinness World Records – Peter Obi
Mr. Peter Obi, former Governor of Anambra State and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election has not granted any media interview since the Supreme Court judgement on October 26, 2023 that affirmed the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
But he finally broke his silence on Saturday, January 20, 2024. And where else will he do that if not in your soaraway online newspaper, TheNiche? It was a chance encounter but the ever-travelling, self-styled “trader” and political enigma, nevertheless, agreed to speak with IKECHUKWU AMAECHI.
The interview will be live on TheNiche platform – www.thenicheng.com – at exactly 12.05 am on Monday.
It is Peter Obi speaking as never before, not as a politician but as a statesman and patriot who cares about the future of Nigeria.
EXCERPTS:
“It is easy when you tell people to suffer today because in five years, ten years, they will get to the Promised Land and everybody who is preaching that is in the same vehicle. So, everyone is in the same situation. You cannot be preaching A and doing B. You cannot tell people, let us fast and they are seeing you feasting. If you preach fasting, everybody must be seen to be fasting. Some shouldn’t be feasting while telling others to fast. The issues that are fundamental today starting with the issue of security of lives and property, people must see the government doing something. It is not about empty rhetoric. Governance is hard work. They must see and appreciate that their leaders care for them, their welfare. Unfortunately, that seems not to be the case. All they see now is the elites celebrating when the masses are poverty-stricken and told to further tighten their belts.
“Nigerians believe in good governance. They don’t only believe in it, they clamour for it. The problem is that the elites are still manipulating the system to suit their whims and caprices. But it will get to a stage that their machinations will consume them… They manipulate the religious, tribal and ethnic sentiments to make sure that nothing good happens. They tell you, for instance, that oh, this man is tribalistic but they are the worst tribalists. Oh, this person is a religious bigot, but they are worse. And because they know how to manipulate the system to suit their selfish agenda, they tend to have their way for now.”
