2023: Tinubu’s Candidacy Bad For Nigeria- Utomi

A professor of Political economy and chieftain of the Labour Party, Professor Pat Utomi has lamented the “emi lokan” (it is my turn) slogan popularized by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, adding that his candidacy does not portend good for the country.

Speaking in a television interview on Monday, Utomi dismissed Tinubu as unfit and unhealthy to be Nigeria’s president.

He said, “I don’t think the ambition of Tinubu is for the good of Nigeria. If I was his age, I wouldn’t be seeking political office at his age, certain things are good for certain times. Why is it his turn? What about other people in Nigeria?

“If there is any ‘Emilokan’ (translated in Yoruba as I am next) that is wrong, it is the Emilokan of Emilokan because Ko’kan (Not his turn).

“Our country has suffered so much from having ailing leaders and that was why the vice president stepped up because he thought there was a challenge to that principle and direction.

“Tinubu is not fit, physically you can see he is ailing, you can see it, let’s be true to ourselves, let him go through a medical that will be made public in Nigeria.”

The professor of political economy who also welcomed the endorsement of LP candidate Peter Obi by the Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere, said the organisation had affirmed its position as a moral authority in the nation.