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Aged Presidential Candidates Should Retire from Politics : Peter Obi
Aged Presidential Candidates Should Retire from Politics : Peter Obi
Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, expressed concern that instead of weak and feeble presidential candidates retiring from politics, they were still participating in the system.
This comes as the Director General of the Labour Party Campaign Council, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has announced his resignation from the party’s campaign council due to personal reasons.
According to Obi, the task to rescue and restore Nigeria needed physical energy and a presidential candidate, who was vibrant enough to go round and understand the problems of the country.
Obi, who was in Akwa Ibom State for his presidential rally, said he could not imagine being represented by anyone on a rally that concerned his mission to render service.
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The presidential hopeful said he was committed to work towards the realisation of the Ibaka Deep seaport in Akwa Ibom State if elected President.
The commitment, according to him, would not be a favour done Akwa Ibom, but part of his strategic move to open more economic gateways for Nigeria.
Fielding questions on the conviction of his Director-general, Mr. Doyin Okupe over alleged money laundering, Obi said the witch-hunting of persons in his campaign team could not break his resolve to be Nigeria’s president.
“I am hearing about it (the conviction) just like you. I am still studying what is coming out of the courts and everything. I believe in the rule of law. It is not going to demoralise me.
“When I arrived Akwa Ibom somebody asked me why I haven’t been using my aircraft, because it has been grounded and all that and I said to him that nothing demoralises me.
“In my life I have never stayed where they dropped me otherwise I would have been where they dropped me before. This election if they like let them say anything about people who are around me, I will get there”.
On the impression that he does not have political structure to win the presidential election, he said he was determined to dismantle the existing political structure in the country, which encourages corruption and spreads poverty among Nigerians.
Meanwhile, Okupe, in a letter addressed to Obi, requested the appointment of a new DG to continue from where he stopped.
The latter read: “Dear Peter, You will recall that I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking justice and clearing my name using the Nigerian Legal System to pursue same. I have invested too much in your campaign to allow my personal travails to become a source of distraction.
“In the circumstances, I have opted to step aside and plead that you appoint a new Campaign DG, who can continue the assignment with zero distractions. God bless you and your family,” the letter stated.
Okupe, a former Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan, resigned as DG of the LP Campaign Council a day after being sentenced to two years in prison or a N13 million fine by a Federal High Court in Abuja for accepting cash transactions in excess of the N5 million allowed by the Money Laundering Act.
However, Yunusa Tanko, the campaign council’s spokesperson, expressed confidence that Okupe’s resignation would not have an impact on the party, stating that the party was not built on the shoulders of a single person.
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“Labour Party has millions of soldiers, who can take the baton from where Okupe stopped. It is a national organic movement that no one can stop,” he stated.
Tanko described Okupe as a reputable democrat who had earned and would continue to earn the respect of many Nigerians who valued his contributions to the country’s democratic development.
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