OPINION BY JONATHAN NDA-ISAIAH: Much ado about Obasanjo’s endorsement | TheCable
Many politicians have been knocking their heads on the ground over the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
APC candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a statement by Bayo Onanuga, the party’s presidential campaign council director, media and publicity, described the endorsement as worthless.Presidential candidate of PDP Atiku Abubakar said Obasanjo is posturing as Nigeria’s electoral janitor when he is not the ‘custodian’ of the key to Aso Rock.
The question I ask is what is the endorsement of elder statesmen worth in present-day Nigeria? In my opinion – nothing. These men cannot influence people outside their family members to vote for their presidential candidate. Besides, I also do not fancy seeing former presidents endorsing any presidential candidate. At their level, they should be calling for a free, fair, and credible election. They should be calling for peace and for the electorate to come out en masse to vote for a credible candidate.I don’t take seriously endorsement from elder statesmen, ethnic groups, and opinion polls. Any politician celebrating based on these three factors is not ready to win an election.
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