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Peter Obi fires back at Kwankwanso, Galadima over comments on zero chances of S’East to presidency
Obi spoke when he featured on an Arise TV interview monitored by The Harmattan News on Wednesday.
Obi’s comment came on the heels of claims made by Rabiu Kwankwanso, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) standard bearer and Buba Galadima that a South-East presidency under the current political circumstances was impossible.
Reacting, the former Anambra governor said such claims were responsible for the mess the country had become.
He noted that Nigeria deserves experts ready to pull it back from the brink irrespective of region, religion and ethnicity.
“The comment from Kwankwaso is why we have millions in poverty and many children out of school, coupled with massive unemployment and insecurity. This is because Nigerians rather vote for incompetence based on ethnicity and religion”, he said.
“I have never been involved in sponsoring any agitation, whether IPOB or anyone. In 2017, I made a comment that IPOB and other agitations were as a result of leadership failure who which failed to tackle these issues and if I am in power, I will deal with these agitations via dialogue and if there are remnants, they will be dealt with decisively.
“The issue of badge and identification is a lie and throughout my tenure as a governor, Kwankwaso never visited me”, he said.
