2023: Vote me for my competence – Peter Obi urges Nigerians

The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has asked Nigerians to vote for him based on his competence and not ethnic or entitlement sentiments.

Obi made the comment at a Presidential Town Hall series organized by Arise TV on Sunday, November 6.

The former Anambra governor said that Nigerians vote for him because he has what he takes to eject the country from its current predicament, stressing that it is nobody’s turn, saying that rather, it is the turn of the youth and the women.

He told Nigerians not to vote for Peter Obi “because he is from the South East, he is a Christian, an Igbo man, or it is his turn.”

He emphasized, “I want you to vote for Peter Obi because I am qualified. Because I am competent. I know what I can do to put this country off the brink.”

Obi stressed the need to strengthen and revive the local vigilante system in the country and have them work together with the police, believing that it would go a long way in solving the security challenges of the country, Daily Post reports.

He also fired the Buhari-led administration for its lack of proactiveness and failure to adhere to intelligence that could have prevented the Abuja-Kaduna train attack and other security challenges Nigerians are faced with.

Obi said if he was the president, he would have done things differently to avert the tragedy Nigerians are going through.

He stated that there was a failure of the intelligence processor before the Abuja-Kaduna train incident happened, saying that from information available, there were already indications of insecurity within that rail corridor, as well as previous attempts and intelligence that were ignored.

He added that there was a failure of processing and giving due attention to intelligence which he would have promptly dealt with to avert the tragedy.

NBA