Peter Obi Pedigree Places Him Above Other Presidential Candidates- Spokesperson

The spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Yunusa Tanko, on Friday said that the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi pedigree places him above other presidential candidates for the coming general elections in the country

Tanko who said of all the qualities he (Obi) possesses being trustworthy is the most important, claiming that this is one of the reasons for his endorsement by the former president Olusegun Obasanjo.

He made this known at a press conference addressed ahead of mega rally billed to hold on Saturday, in Osogbo, Osun State capital.

According to Tanko, “Out of all the presidential contestants, Nigerians trust only Obi, he is the only candidate that is not buying people, votes, you could see the love expressed by youths and Nigerians who are spending their resources for his campaign.

“Obi has capacity, character, consistency, compassion and commitment into nationhood. He has been able to make a mantra from consumption to production. He is the only governor that left 75billion in the coffer of state government.”

On the adverse effects defection of the former Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yusuff, from the Labour Party, Tanko said his defection does not in any way affect the party saying the party has structure over the the time.

“The defection of Lasun Yusuf from Labour Party to Peoples Democratic Party does not affect us in any way, we have our structure over the time. Immediately after the defection of Lasun the party has gone back to galvanize the structure of the party all over the state.

“The structure we are talking about are the youths, artisans, NLC, TUC and pensioners, we’ve galvanized these structures for the battle ahead which is 2023 General Election for Peter Obi.

“We are restructuring our party so that we can have a good outing in Osun.

“It is a lie that Obi profiled northerner while he was the governor, the person that profiled northerners is Rochas Okorocha of APC in Imo State.

“We are taking the centre of the city of Osogbo at Freedom park for Obi’s campaign.

“Peter Obi support group are in large number in Osun state and over 71 per cent of Nigerian youths are behind him, we have candidates caught across the contest, we are not perturbed with either anybody decamping, we are going to take decampees too”.