2023 Presidency: Adebanjo Made Mistake Endorsing Obi, Says Keyamo

2023 Presidency: Adebanjo Made Mistake Endorsing Obi, Says Keyamo

  • Festus Keyamo has declared that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is not to be blamed for crises rocking Afenifere
  • Recall that Tinubu had visited in his residence in Akure, the Ondo state capital two weeks ago where he received the endorsement of the elder statesman
  • In response, the Afenifere’s ‘acting’ leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, had faulted the Tinubu’s visit, saying it was a well-calculated attempt to divide the group

The spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has revealed why Pa Ayo Adebanjo endorsed te candidacy of Peter Obi of Labour Party.

Keyamo also declared that it is unfair for anybody to link the visit of the party’s presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to Pa Reuben Fasoranti, to the crisis rocking the leadership of the Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere.

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Recall that Tinubu had visited Fasoranti at his residence in Akure, the Ondo State capital, two weeks ago, where he received the endorsement of the elder statesman, Vanguard Newspaper reports.

Keyamo blasts Adebanjo for endorsing Peter Obi.
Keyamo claims the endorsement of Obi by Adebanjo was a mistake. Photo credit: Peter Obi
Source: Twitter

The action did not go down well with Afenifere’s ‘acting’ leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.

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In his reaction, Keyamo said:

“The fact that you are made deputy leader does not make you a dictator. I had listened to him say in one of his interviews, ‘That’s not how we do it.’ How do they do it, that one person sits down and takes a profound decision like that without talking to anyone?
“Pa Adebanjo should tell the whole of Nigeria who and with whom he spoke within Afenifere, who gave him the green light and endorsed Obi? It is just bias and sheer hatred for Asiwaju. That’s all. That was exactly what pushed him to make a mistake.”

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Obi also revealed that he can only pay tax in the country where he has businesses. He added that he has assets and investments in the UK and as such, can only pay tax there.

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Why Nigeria qualifies as a failed state, Peter Obi gives reasons

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has declared Nigeria as a failed state.

The former Anambra state governor said this in an interview with Daily Trust. According to Peter Obi, the country meets the two ingredients of a failed state.

Going further, Obi said good leadership should be able to identify the major problems facing the country and solving it.

Source: Legit.ng

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