A former Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye has urged the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi not to get carried away by social media frenzy as the time is not yet ripe for him to actualise his presidential ambition.
Melaye, who made the appeal in a video published on his verified Facebook page on Friday, admitted that Obi was indeed a good product, but advised him to “wait for his time”.
According to him, the country currently needs someone who would unify the different regions and ethnic groups in the country, adding that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is a better fit for purpose.
Obi, he said, only wants to cut the cost of governance and is unable to address the security challenges facing the country.
“By the grace of God, he (Obi) has the potential of being the president in the nearest future. I celebrate you and I celebrate your movement for a new Nigeria. While I celebrate you, I want to advise you that your time is not now. You have to wait for your time,” Melaye said.
“I have listened to your postulations, I have listened to your arguments, I have listened to your deliveries, I have listened to your campaigns and I can say 90 percent of your campaigns are dwelling on reducing the cost of governance.
“You are a great Nigerian and I salute your political and intellectual sagacity. You are one Nigerian that I know that tomorrow, there’s a space for you. But for today, let us forget the social media drama and diaspora euphoria.
“The truth of the matter is that we need a unifier and a Nigerian that can solve the problem of insecurity and that will have intel from every security facet of our national life. We need a Nigerian that will get intel from Cameroon, Mali, Chad, Benin Republic, and others.
“We need a Nigerian that has that capacity to solve the problem of Boko Haram, bandits, and others because he has intel from all the neighboring countries and that Nigerian today is Atiku Abubakar.”
Ezinwanne Onwuka, senior staff reporter and columnist with WAP is a Nigerian-based writer and content developer. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her interests include reading, writing, researching and graphic designing.
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