2023 Presidency: Social Media Users Beckon On Peter Obi
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidency, various names have been mentioned as potential presidential candidates with Peter Obi; a former governor of Anambra State, featuring prominently in political analysis.
This was based on discussions on Twitter which propelled Peter Obi to the top trends on Tuesday, February 25.
Various discussants, equally important, extolled the virtues of the former governor with a lot suggesting a presidential team comprising Seyi Makinde; the current governor of Oyo State, as his running mate.
However, some are of the idea that the match-up is unrealistic; considering also the religious make-up of the country which would make a Christian-Christian ticket unfeasible.
Meanwhile, speaking at a recent interview, Peter Obi said current realities show the situation was not as bad as it was; before President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015.
“We (the opposition) are not the only ones protesting (the insecurity), even the churches are,” he said.
“So it has come to a critical stage where every Nigerian knows we are living in whatever you can describe it as.
“And if you go globally, from all indices of measurement of security, we have fallen below the scale.”
Obi also said part of why President Muhammadu Buhari was elected into office was that he said his administration “will solve all the security problems, but we’ve gotten worse”.
“In terrorism now, we are just after Afghanistan and Syria. We have never gone that low. We have an upsurge in all forms of criminality, whether it is kidnapping, robberies and all sorts of crime. How do you tackle it? Economy,” he added.
“If you have 98 million people living under poverty, the consequent could be several million who don’t know where the next meal will come from will be criminals.
“Changing the IG of police will not solve that problem. That is why we need to look at the economy. The economy of the country is turning south and collapsing and more people are being pushed into unemployment situations.”
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