{"id":79579,"date":"2023-01-07T18:21:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T17:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/peter-obi-buhari-celebrated-obasanjos-endorsement-balami"},"modified":"2023-01-07T20:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T19:13:22","slug":"peter-obi-buhari-celebrated-obasanjos-endorsement-balami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-buhari-celebrated-obasanjos-endorsement-balami","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi: Buhari celebrated Obasanjo\u2019s endorsement \u2013 Balami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Divergent views have continued to trail the endorsement of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.<\/p>\n

On New Year\u2019s Day, Obasanjo condemned the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for failing to translate the aspirations of Nigerians. He then endorsed Peter Obi.<\/p>\n

The elder statesman said he has had interactions with major presidential contestants in the 2023 presidential elections who claimed to be his mentees and Obi was youthful, has the ability to not only unite the country, had a listening ear, and was willing to rescue Nigeria from economic collapse.<\/p>\n

Peter Obi has in the last three days been endorsed by elder statesmen like Obasanjo and Edwin Clark, leader of the leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), sparking reactions from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso.<\/p>\n

Tinubu had described the endorsement as worthless because Obasanjo who is a \u2018political paperweight\u2019 does not possess any political goodwill to make anyone win a councillorship or presidential election.<\/p>\n

While Atiku through his spokesman Dino Melaye said Obasanjo is posturing as Nigeria\u2019s electoral janitor when he is not the \u2018custodian\u2019 of the key to Aso Rock, Kwakwaso advised him to stop disgracing himself, insisting that Peter Obi\u2019s endorsement was based on religious and ethnic sentiments.<\/p>\n

Responding to criticism from the trio, popular aircraft engineer and Deputy Campaign Manager 1 of the Obi-Datti Campaign Council said the APC and the PDP were living in self deceit.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with DAILY POST, he queried why the presidential aspirants claimed the endorsement was worthless yet they preferred to visit Obasanjo to endorse them.<\/p>\n

Balami in defence of the former president, argued that Buhari celebrated and praised Obasanjo for endorsing him in 2015.<\/p>\n

The former spokesman of the Trade Union Congress said, \u201dIf Obasanjo is not important, why did Tinubu visit him? If endorsement of people that matter is not important, why did APC become so desperate and even went to a former Afenifere leader to endorse and bless them when the incumbent Afenifere leader endorsed and blessed Obi?<\/p>\n

\u201dIf endorsement is not important, in 2015 when Obasanjo endorsed Buhari, Buhari spoke on CNN and said that Obasanjo was someone that his opinion mattered. He said Obasanjo\u2019s endorsement meant a lot and it would attract so many followers. How can a former Head of State military, former President endorse someone and you say the endorsement mean nothing? I think it is self deceit. The worst thing in this life is for someone to lie and deceive himself.<\/p>\n

\u201dI think the APC and the PDP are still living in self denial but in the next couple of weeks they will realise that Nigerians have made up their mind to take back their country. It is not a matter of what they think anymore, it is a matter of reality.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe issue of BVAs has come to stay. They can go and buy as much vote as they want to buy, people are tired and they will do what is right.<\/p>\n

\u201dYou can\u2019t say Clark\u2019s endorsement means nothing. When it suits them they are happy but when it doesn\u2019t, they say something else.<\/p>\n

\u201dFor us we are focused. We are just about six months into this and we have made them have sleepless nights and it will continue until we take over the country.<\/p>\n

\u201dThis is not about Peter Obi and Datti, Nigerians are tired. I will advise the APC and the PDP to be honest to themselves,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Divergent views have continued to trail the endorsement of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi by former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. On New Year\u2019s Day, Obasanjo condemned the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for failing to translate the aspirations of Nigerians. He then endorsed Peter Obi. 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