Mr Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 presidential election has vowed to tackle the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group in the South East if elected president.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Mr Obi said he will not only address the menace of IPOB but also tackle secessionist agitation across the country.
The Labour Party presidential candidate made the promise on Monday while discussing his vision for policy and governance reforms in Nigeria at Chatham House, London.
Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, argued that the problem of secessionist agitation across the country has to do with bad leadership and that he will address the problem by being a better leader.
“I condemn all agitators. But in condemning them, you have to look at why all these agitators are all over the place including IPOB, the Yoruba Nation.
“IPOB and other agitations in the country are a culmination of years of bad leadership.
“All those things will start reversing themselves when the leadership problem is sorted. I and Datti will talk with all agitators.
“We are going to apply the carrot and stick in dealing with the agitators. But in the end there can only be one government and we will be in charge.
“Our military once secured Africa and they should secure Nigeria and we will provide the needed leadership and political will,” he said.
I will declare war in the power sector – Peter Obi
The Labour Party presidential candidate also vowed to declare war in the power sector if elected president in the 2023 presidential election scheduled to hold in February.
Peter Obi stressed that he will dismantle the “structure” holding Nigeria captive and preventing the nation from advancement and progressive development.
According to the presidential candidate, the “structure” currently in Nigeria is that of criminality, adding that it has impoverished the nation.
“You have heard them say we don’t have structure; that is the structure we are trying to destroy – structure of criminality that Nigeria is being held captive.
“That structure is the structure that has impoverished Nigeria. We’ll dismantle it. It will not be there. I assure you of that.
“We are going to turn around the power sector. South Africa in the past three months has declared an emergency in their power sector.
“I am going to declare war on power and I will solve it. Anybody who stands in the way, so be it,” Peter Obi said.
The Labour Party presidential candidate also vowed to end oil theft, ease ethnic tension, and increase Nigeria’s electricity generation and distribution capacity.
He also vowed to bring back foreign investors, service Nigeria’s mounting debt, and solve youth unemployment, amongst others.