Obi in Ekiti, urges voters to shun moneybags

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has urged the Nigerians to reject moneybag politicians in the forthcoming elections.

He spoke on Thursday after a political rally in Ekiti in reaction to Prof Afe Babalola SAN, who contended that the highest spender would likely win the presidential election holding on February 25.

“Moneybags have played a lot of roles but they brought us to poverty,” Obi said in an interview with Channels Television when asked to respond to comments by legal luminary.

However, Obi said it is time Nigerians rejected moneybags to elect quality leaders who will bring about the desired change in the country.

“It is time to reject them (moneybags). I am pleading for Nigerians to reject them because they cannot continue. If they continue, we are going to be impoverished,” Obi said.

Obi also asked Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious sentiments in voting during the presidential election.

He said he is the most qualified of the 18 candidates jostling for the top Aso Rock job and promised to provide jobs for youths.

Obi has been endorsed by elder statemen like former President Olusegun Obasanjo; leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, Edwin Clark; as well as nonagenarian leader of pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Ayo Adebanjo.