{"id":87464,"date":"2023-05-05T07:53:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T06:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/why-obi-couldnt-defeat-tinubu-ex-federal-commissioner-abubakre"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:19:10","slug":"why-obi-couldnt-defeat-tinubu-ex-federal-commissioner-abubakre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/why-obi-couldnt-defeat-tinubu-ex-federal-commissioner-abubakre","title":{"rendered":"Why Obi couldn\u2019t defeat Tinubu \u2013 Ex-Federal Commissioner, Abubakre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Razaq Abubakre, an emeritus Professor and former federal Commissioner, says the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi couldn\u2019t have beaten President-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu at the last presidential election.<\/p>\n

Abubakre, also a former Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University Ilorin, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday.<\/p>\n

The technocrat claimed that Obi\u2019s lacklustre performance as former Governor of Anambra State worked against him.<\/p>\n

Abubakre said that Obi\u2019s inability to build leaders, unlike Tinubu, who has inspired several leaders nationally and internationally, was part of his undoing.<\/p>\n

He further stated that the allegation against Obi in some sections of the media, where he was accused of practising tribal jingoism during his governorship tenure against non-Igbo speaking people, was part of his albatross.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of his activities, performance and attitude in synchrony to those of some of his followers, the \u2018Obidients\u2019, reveal their latent parts.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis use of religion in contradistinction to Asiwaju\u2019s Muslim-Muslim ticket gave him a transient false national spread.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis alleged impropriety with state funds, as confirmed during an interview with Kadria Ahmed that he invested state funds in his family business, is also part of his undoing,\u201d Abubakre alleged.<\/p>\n

He recalled the simile employed by Rabiu Kwankwaso, NNPP, presidential candidate, during his speech at the Chatham House, London, that Obi\u2019s electoral fortune was like the foam of Andrews Liver Salt that comes with power and disappears almost immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is quite apposite to describe his eventual performance, especially during the elections of state governors and House of Assemblies. Unfortunately, desperation is not a good manner,\u201d Abubakre said.<\/p>\n

He said he could not endorse the permutation that if all the other contestants whose origin was PDP, such as Atiku, Obi and Kwankwaso, joined forces, PDP would have probably won the presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is underlying the divine intervention favouring Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu ab initio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pattern of voting could have changed. For example, the bulk of votes that Obi received from the South-East, parts of South-South and pockets of North-Central could not have gone to Atiku.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of it would have also been cast for Tinubu on his merit and record of performance,\u201d Abubakre asserted.<\/p>\n

He said the internal evidence of this claim is the undiminishing successes and superiority of the APC in all the elections, such as National Assembly, gubernatorial elections and state assemblies, despite the global economic challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn sum, Peter Obi just came as a spoiler with his mountainous social media following,\u201d Abubakre alleged.<\/p>\n

He said Tinubu\u2019s superiority lies in his excellent performance record as governor of Lagos State; his cosmopolitan outlook spread nationally and with global ramifications.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is instructive to note that Tinubu\u2019s emergence is divine and critical when the nation needs a true unifier, a performer par excellence and a strategic leader focused on nation-building for sustainable and inclusive growth,\u201d Abubakre said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Razaq Abubakre, an emeritus Professor and former federal Commissioner, says the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi couldn\u2019t have beaten President-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu at the last presidential election. 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