Senate President Godswill Akpabio has cautioned 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi against making divisive remarks that could destabilize the nation.
Obi, speaking at a memorial lecture for elder statesman Edwin Clark, had criticized the country’s state, saying, “We are not a democratic country. Let’s tell ourselves the truth. The labor of our heroes past is in vain.”
However, Akpabio, during a valedictory session at the Senate chamber honoring Clark on Thursday, refuted Obi’s claims. He attributed Nigeria’s continued unity during challenging times to the resilience of voices like Clark’s.
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“I beg to disagree, let Peter Obi show leadership first by resolving the crisis in the Labour Party,” he said.
“If he is unable to resolve that crisis, is it the crisis of Boko Haram he can resolve?”
The Senate President also took aim at social media commentators, some of whom he claimed spread misinformation without understanding the country’s history.
He claimed those “aspiring to be presidential candidates are “causing confusion with their mouths”.
Senator Akpabio asked them, “to resolve the crisis in their party first before speaking of the larger Nigeria. Tell them to resolve the small party they have in that before they come to talk about the larger Nigeria. That is what Pa Edwin Clark would have advised.”
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