By Clement Chinedu The Labour Party Vice Chairman (South-South) Felix Reuben says only the elites from Northern Nigeria are afraid o...
By Clement Chinedu
The Labour Party Vice Chairman (South-South) Felix Reuben
says only the elites from Northern Nigeria are afraid of the emergence of the
party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
Reuben was reacting to recent comments credited to the
presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso
claiming that the northern voters will not accept Obi during the election next
year.
Kwankwaso’s comments came after the proposed alliance
between the Labour party and the NNPC collapsed.
But responding to the claims of Kwankwaso, Reuben said, “the
only people that will not vote for Peter Obi in the North are the elites,
people that are afraid, that have stolen money and are protecting their wealth.
“I believe before the election, the whole north will be for
Peter Obi, the voting masses will be for Peter Obi. We are picking a vice
presidential candidate from the North that is going to do the job of talking to
northerners and bring them in.”
Speaking about the running mate to Obi, the Labour Party
chieftain said, “he has been a very prominent person. Before Friday, he will be
unveiled and I think the world will be happy to see a youth coming out as the
vice presidential candidate.”
A former Senator, Yusuf Datti Baba Ahmed from Kaduna has
been tipped to become the running mate to the Labour Party’s presidential
candidate.
Baba Ahmed is an economist and the founder of Baze
University Abuja.
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