Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, says presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, lacked the capability to fix insecurity in Anambra State while he was governor.
Oshiomhole stated this on Sunday at the Progressive Young Leaders Summit organised by the APC, in Abuja.
The LP presidential flagbearer had in a recent interview on CNN said Nigeria was on the verge of collapse, promising to address insecurity and economic challenges if elected president in 2023.
But Oshiomhole said Obi cannot convince Nigerians that he will tackle the country’s security challenges because he failed to do that as governor of Anambra State.
He said, “For those of you who are social media warriors, there are issues here that you need to speak to. Go to Google and look at the first six months of governor Obiano’s administration in Anambra State.
“What you will find on YouTube is governor Obaino using bulldozers to demolish the houses of kidnappers and those who were involved in what they called Bakassi boys or even girls.
“Who was the governor when Bakassi developed in Anambra and who solved the problem? So, if a man couldn’t fix a security challenge in his own state, which requires courage, how can he convince that he would fix the security challenge all over Nigeria?
“Don’t take it from me. Go to YouTube and find out about the first six months of governor Obiano and find out who was his predecessor.
“If the [predecessor] had solved the problem, will Obaino be using bulldozers to demolish people’s houses, houses of kidnappers and Bakassi boys?
“So, when they say ‘I will fix Nigeria’, did you fix your state?”
Obi handed over to Obiano as governor of Anambra State in March 2014.
The Bakassi Boys was a vigilante group that was later accused of extrajudicial killings in the South-East.
