Senate President Godswill Akpabio says Peter Obi, Labour
Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, should resolve the
crisis in his party before making divisive comments about the country.
Akpabio spoke on Thursday during a valedictory session held
by the senate in honour of the late Edwin Clark, leader of the Pan Niger Delta
Forum (PANDEF).
Opeyemi Bamidele, the senate majority leader, moved the
motion for the valedictory session.
“I beg to disagree,” Akpabio said in response to Obi’s recent remark that the labour of Nigeria’s heroes past is now in vain.
“Let our brother, Peter Obi, show leadership, like Edwin
Clark did, by resolving first the crisis in the Labour Party.
“For a man who wants to run Nigeria, you have one of the
smallest parties in Nigeria.
“And you cannot even resolve the crisis in that Labour
Party. Is it the crisis of Boko Haram that you will come and resolve in
Nigeria?
“I would like us to be known for what we did when we had the
opportunities.
“As I speak now, I can tell you about the dualised
thoroughfares in my state.
“I can tell you about the flyovers in my state. I can tell
you about the best international hospital in my state.
“I can tell you about the monuments of government houses
that I built, both for the governor and deputy, and one of the best digitalised
governor’s offices in Nigeria.
“I can tell you about the best international stadium in West
Africa. I can tell you about the free and compulsory education that I did for
all Nigerians.
“I can tell you about the unity I brought in religion by
sponsoring over 5,800 Muslims to the holy land and over 12,000 to 15,000
Christians to Rome and to Jerusalem.”
Akpabio said those aspiring to lead Nigeria should not
“cause division with their mouths” while failing to manage affairs in their
political parties.
“But then, those who are aspiring as presidential candidates
and trying to cause division with their mouths, using social media, tell them
to resolve the small crisis in the smallest party they have in Nigeria first,
before they come to talk about the larger Nigeria,” he added.
“But for the social media, it is unregulated. I wish you
luck as you have a field day.
“I am saying this because this is what Pa Edwin Clark would
have advised if he were alive, so I have started to speak in his voice.”
On Wednesday, Obi said highlighting Nigeria’s challenges
does not amount to demarketing the country.
The former Anambra governor spoke while delivering a speech
at the memorial lecture of Clark.
He was reacting to criticisms that his remarks in
international forums often paint Nigeria in a bad light.
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