ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Media Campaign office of the Labour Party, codenamed Obi-Datti, has urged Nigerians to be weary of persons seeking to rule over the affairs of the nation by proxies.
The campaign office stated this in response to a challenge thrown to Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, by the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo SAN.
Keyamo asked Obi’s son to organize a successful campaign rally in his state Anambra, just as APC flag bearer’s son Seyi Tinubu, did for his father, Bola Tinubu in Lagos.
Responding, the Obi Campaign group said Keyamo forgot to differentiate the two sons, and their fathers.
It also claimed that the APC presidential candidate is running politics as though it is family business, saying that Obi’s family is not part of his politics.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Obi-Datti Media Campaign Office, in Abuja, on Tuesday.
It reads: “The only thing that joins Obi and Tinubu is that they were once Governors of states in Nigeria.
“This assertion is verifiable for Keyamo and his other hirelings.
“If Keyamo had taken time to study the family he speaks for very well he would have avoided this comparison that is bound to expose the life of his Principal and understand why the entire household is headlong in the campaign.”
The Media Campaign further noted that, “The other time Tinubu’s wife, Senator Remi was threatening fire and brimstone over Lagos, then the daughter and now the son is showing off with rally.
“Do you blame a people struggling to keep a family business?
“Obi’s family is not part of his politics, they are running their lives, contributing to development without nearing public funds.
“Obi-Datti Media office also noticed that Tinubu’s wife and some First Ladies took government airplane to campaign spots because they can hardly exist without government patronage.
“The LP Candidate, Peter Obi is the man seeking the mandate of the Nigerian people to serve them as President not any other member of his family. He has said it repeatedly that Nigerians must reject anybody desiring to be President by proxy.
“We therefore join our candidate to demand that candidates, not their wives , sons or daughters are seeking for the peoples votes and they should be scrutinized by the people.
“It’s dangerous and discomforting when we cannot differentiate public funds from family and private funds and a serving Minister of the Republic is defending and celebrating it.
“But that is exactly what Nigerian youths through the Obidient Movement are out to halt through their take back Nigeria mantra.”