2027: Tinubu lacks energy to govern, Obi says

Urges South-East to shun ethnic politics By Jeff Agbodo, Abakaliki ABAKALIKI — The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has questioned President Bola Tinubu’s competence and energy to govern Nigeria, urging him to leave office and rest. Obi spoke at an NDC town hall and stakeholders’ meeting held at the Citi-Hub Centre, Mile 50, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, where he urged Nigerians to unite behind candidates based on their qualifications and capacity to deliver good governance rather than ethnic considerations. He cautioned the South-East against division, insisting that voters in Ebonyi and other parts of the country should support him based on his credentials, not because he is Igbo. “Let nobody divide the South-East. I don’t want the people of Ebonyi to vote for me because I am from the South-East.

I don’t want you to vote for me because I am an Igbo person. “My dear people, I want you to vote for me because I am qualified to be the President of this country. I want you to vote for me because I am the leading candidate,” he said. The former Anambra State governor challenged Tinubu to explain his administration’s record over the past three years, particularly the use of funds borrowed by the Federal Government. “I want President Tinubu to come to Abakaliki to tell the people what he has done in the past three years. I want him to come to Abakaliki to tell you what he used the money he has been borrowing to do for the past three years,” Obi said. He also questioned the President’s reported time spent outside Nigeria, arguing that he should be able to travel across the country to account for his administration’s performance. “President Tinubu does not have the competence to run Nigeria. He does not have the energy to run Nigeria. He…