The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has slammed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi over his earlier comments on the life and times of the late elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark.
TheNewsGuru reports that Obi, while eulogising Clark, had deplored the poor quality of leadership in the country, saying, “The labour of our heroes past had been in vain.”
Responding, Akpabio, while presiding over a valedictory plenary session in honour of the late Chief Clark on Thursday, knocked Obi, describing his statement as ”reckless, and attempting to cause division with his mouth”.
The senate president noted that the former Anambra governor lacked the moral ground to make such comments, having failed to resolve the leadership crisis in the Labour Party.
Akpabio insisted that the labour of Nigeria’s past heroes had not been in vain.
“Those who are aspiring as presidential candidates want to cause division with their mouths using social media. Tell them to resolve the crisis they have in their small party before they come to talk about the larger Nigeria
“You cannot even resolve the crisis in that Labour Party. Is it the crisis of Boko Haram that you will come and resolve in Nigeria?” Akpabio said.
The former Akwa Ibom State Governor boasted about what he termed his numerous achievements during his tenure as governor, insinuating that Obi, who was the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, had little to show for his eight years as governor of Anambra State.
“I would like us to be known for what we did when we had the opportunity. As I speak now, I can tell you about the dualised thoroughfares in my city. I can fly over us in my city. I can tell you about the best international hospitals in my city. I can tell you about the monuments of the government houses for the governor and deputies.
“I had one of the best digitalised governors’ offices. I can tell you about the free and compulsory education. I can tell you about the unity I brought in religion by sponsoring over 5,800 Muslims and over 12,000 to 15,000 Christians to Rome and Jerusalem.
“But then those who are aspiring as presidential candidates want to cause division with their mouths using social media.
“Tell them to resolve the crisis in their small party before they come to talk about the larger Nigeria, because the social media in Nigeria is not regulated,” Akpabio said.