Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has narrated how he approached his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed.
Speaking in Chatham House in the United Kingdom on Monday, Obi narrated how he and his running mate plan to revive Nigeria if elected in the forthcoming elections.
He said, “Bringing back foreign investment is very simple. Foreign investor (relationship) is like bee and honey, all you need to do is create honey and bees will be all over the place.
“Foreign capital is scared of corruption, is scared of board policies, is scared of where there’s rule of law. You need to put a regulatory environment that makes it conducive, you need to secure it. That is at the heart of what Datti and I are offering.
“We will be that intangible asset of securing the country, making sure we govern through rule of law. We will fight corruption.”
He then proceeded to narrate how he approached his running mate, Datti who he praised for his integrity.
“Datti has a record as the only National Assembly member who refused to buy property off the government when it was offered to every National Assembly member,” he said.
“You can go and look at his record, if you see anywhere he has compromised or put himself in a transactional position and I will stop running.
“I know how I approached him, I told him ‘I and you we owe it to save our people’. That’s why we came together and we agreed to work as a team to solve this problem,” Obi added.
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Remi Sonaiya who was Nigeria’s only female presidential candidate in the 2015 general election under the platform of the KOWA Party has also shown support for Obi following the Chatham event.
In a post on her Twitter pagese posted a picture of Obi from the Chatham house with caption, “Stellar performance by Mr. Peter Obi at Chatham House today, especially the Q&A session. Apart from being knowledgeable and witty, he comes across as honest and sincere. Nigerians, #BeWise. #VoteForYourFuture.”
