Peter Obi, former governor of
Anambra state, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to stop taking pictures
with “heartless, valueless” politicians switching political parties.
Some prominent politicians
recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and met with the president at Aso Rock for pictures
before announcing the switch.
The latest defection was that of
Femi Fani-Kayode who, last week, announced his crossover to the ruling party as
pictures of himself meeting with the president went viral.
Obi, in a chat with Arise TV on
Monday, condemned the trend while adding that the act “is sending the wrong
signal that you can be anything and be elevated into something”.
He said the president should
instead take pictures “at the funeral of our falling soldiers, police, or their
family” or with “young people who are doing innovative things in the tech
industry”.
“Let me tell you what I found
worrisome about the defection of today. What I found worrisome is people,
weekly and daily, being led to go and take photoshoots with the president, I’m
worried about it. I want to see the president taking pictures at the funeral of
our falling soldiers, police, or their family,” the former vice-presidential
candidate said.
“I want to see him taking pictures with young people who are doing innovative things in the tech industry. I want to see him taking pictures with people who are making a lot of impact; not pictures with those of us — I’m generalising politicians — who are heartless, valueless. It is very worrisome. Those pictures are not helping our country. The perception is sending the wrong signal that you can be anything and be elevated into something. That’s why the country is collapsing.”
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