ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Senator Uche Ekwunife, the candidate of Anambra Central senatorial district, under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has denied making sarcastic statements against Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP).
She was quoted as saying that Nigeria doesn’t need a kindergarten president.
Ekwunife allegedly made the comment at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, during the official flag off of the presidential campaign of the PDP,
Ekwunife in a viral video, while campaigning for the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, said Nigeria does not need one who will always remind the country of her problem, but one who knows how to solve it.
However, many followers of Peter Obi in Anambra State had interpreted the video to be referring to Obi.
This is as they continued to lash out at Ekwunife, who had before now, declared herself a political daughter of Obi, before he (Obi) joined the LP.
But in a press release, Ekwunife who seems to have realized her folly, has recanted, insisting she was not referring to Obi.
In a press release by her media assistant, Mr Kingsley Ubani, Ekwunife said the video was being misinterpreted.
According to the release: “The Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Uche Ekwunife, earlier today stated that Nigeria needs a president that can transit its economy from consumption to production, adding that the country does not need a kindergarten president.
“Ekwunife, who spoke at the PDP Presidential Campaign flag-off in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, was addressing Nigerians on the need to support her party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
“The interpretation in some quarters that Senator Ekwunife was referring to the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi or the candidate of any other political party in her speech, is wrong.
“Senator Ekwunife’s statements were in line with the fact that Nigeria needs a president who is well rounded, and has the resume, experience, mindset and qualifications to lead the country out of the woods.”