The media office of Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has thanked the spokesman of presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his statement saying his boss, Tinubu, cannot be compared to Peter Obi.
The media office which released a statement to counter claims by Tinubu's camp, claiming that Peter Obi has no noteworthy legacies during his time as governor of Anambra State, compared to Tinubu, said while trying to market the APC presidential candidate, Tinubu's spokesman (Alake), ended up exposing Tinubu's bad records.
The group said the problem with Tinubu's supporters is that they think Nigeria begins and ends in Lagos State, which proves that Tinubu is nothing but a local champion.
“Alake is certainly among those Lagosians who believe Nigeria begins and ends in Lagos and may not have crossed the Niger in his lifetime," the Obi-Datti media team said in a statement.
They said Tinubu was still the governor of Lagos State when Peter Obi won "numerous awards, including “Governor of the Decade”. They said Tinubu's camp do not know this because they think Nigeria is Lagos State.
“The most the media can remember about Tinubu is his huge internal revenue harnessing which we now know has boosted one Bourdillon family’s income," the statement reads.
“However, Alake gave out one fact that the Media Office agrees with: indeed, Obi cannot be compared to Alake’s candidate. Yes, they are not comparable; Obi is highly verifiable, but Alake’s man is not; Obi has an origin; Alake’s has none; Obi has educational credentials; his counterpart has affidavits; Obi is whole and hearty and ready to face the challenge of leading Nigeria, the other candidate acts by proxy; Alake’s man says it’s his turn to rule Nigeria, Obi says it’s the turn of Nigerians to take back their country.
“Indeed, there is no basis for comparison between the duo.
“We are in sympathy with these attack dogs who need to keep attacking the man they claim has no structure and is just a social media wave instead of selling their structured candidate. All they seek is to mention Obi to be able to trend. The Obi-Datti tag team is in the market with their content which is resonating with Nigerians, let Alake’s enter the stage and sell himself, never again will anybody become Nigeria’s President through fake and unsubstantiated packaging,” it added