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Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has berated the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, for his popular phrase ’emi lokan’.
Recall that Tinubu had used the phrase emi lokan meaning “It is my turn.” while seeking for support before the primary election in Abeokuta the Ogun state capital.
However, In a letter on Sunday, Obasanjo said: “Let me say straight away that ‘emi Lokan’ (My turn) and ‘I have paid my dues’ are one and the same thing and are wrong attitude and mentality for the leadership of Nigeria now.”
Those claims, according to Obasanjo, “cannot form the new pedestal to reinvent and to invest in a new Nigeria based on an All-Nigeria Government for the liberation and restoration of Nigeria.”
Obasanjo said no individual can claim he has the absolute solutions to Nigeria’s problems, stating that “the solution should be in ‘we’ and ‘us’ and not in ‘me’ and ‘I’.”
There are speculations making the rounds that the former president is throwing his weight behind the presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP) Peter Obi.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed February 25 2023 for the presidential and National Assembly elections in the country while the Governorship and state Assembly elections will take place on the 12th of March.