The Spokesman for Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Dr Tanko Yunusa has said those crying over Afenifere’s support for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi are in for a shocker as Obi’s supporters in the north is growing by the day.
Dr Yunusa disclosed this in a press statement made available to pointNews247 on thursday in Lagos.
Whilst Dr Yunusa thanked Afenifere for their patriotic support for Peter Obi,”he said that those who are crying over the Afenifere’s support should wait for a shocker, as Obi’s supporters in the north is growing astronomically by the day, especially after the Arewa Joint Committee’s character contest”.
Asked by journalists why he thinks Obi’s support base is growing, Tanko stated that,, “presidential election is like beauty contest, you have to choose among the presidential
candidates, you cannot go to the spectators’ stand to elect a more beautiful girl.
“Obi is not a saint, but in character, competence, and capacity, he is not only a Pan-Nigerian candidate, albeit he is head and shoulder above the three leading presidential candidates.
For our dear Compatriots, they trust Obi more than the rest in his capacity to salvage our dear country from dangerous slide into failed state.”
Responding to the question what his take is, on older politicians who control the ground working day and night to stop Obi by all means with some threatening to kill Obi,Tanko said,” we have heard of this security threat severally; however to us Obi’s life is in the hands of Almighty God and is in God we trust.
“Obi depends solely on Almighty God and our security agencies.
“We believe sincerely that our security agencies are earnestly yearning for a more productive and prosperous country, which Obi is prepared to engender”.