Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe representing Abia South Senatorial District at the National Assembly has rued the loss of the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi at the 2023 presidential election.
According to Senator, Nigeria would have been better off than what it is today if the Labour Party candidate had won the election.
Abaribe bemoaned what he tagged as nepotism which thrives under President Bola Tinubu. He noted that such would have been non-existent under an Obi’s presidency.
Abaribe made these observation while fielding questions in a programme on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
He said, “If Peter Obi had won, you probably would have seen a better Nigeria than what we are seeing today
“Number one, he would not be as nepotistic as this government, he won’t, it’s not in him. That is just who we are, we feel for the other people.”
To support his allegation of nepotism against President Tinubu, Abaribe queried the President’s appointment of four ministers from only Ogun State. This is when many other States have just one.
Abaribe said, “Buhari towed the path of nepotism, but it deepened under President Tinubu. Because Buhari did it and nobody said much.
The Abia South Senator, therefore, called on people of the Southeast to be proactive and inward-looking towards developing their region.
He stated that rather than waiting for Presidents to be fair to the people of the South-East, it is high time people of the zone went back to revamp it. Make the region more livable, better and more cohesive.
Abaribe pointed out that apart from Obasanjo and Jonathan, no President has been fair to the Igbo. He, therefore insisted that the people cannot continue to wait for that.
Abaribe also described as a welcome development the recent arrest of Simon Ekpa, in Finland.
He said, “The arrest of Ekpa will signal to the people at home who are purveyors of violence and are being instigated by the Finland-based Biafra agitator that he denied being the Biafran Prime Minister after his arrest.
Abaribe added that the Igbo had always condemned what Ekpa and his ilk try to direct from foreign lands.
However, noted that the violence in the Southeast can be brought to an end when Nnamdi Kanu is released.
“By then,” he said, “many of those perpetrating violence with Kanu’s name won’t have any reason to continue.
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