A former national secretary of Labour Party and constitutional lawyer, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has berated the manner in which a former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, is going about his presidential campaigns.
Ajulo said, “Obi’s manifesto is more of rhetorical analysis than viable plans to solving the myriad of problems or even one of them facing this country at this critical time.”
The rights activist made this statement while reacting to political developments in the country via a telephone interview from London on Wednesday.
“I have listened to Peter Obi at different times since he began his campaigns and I can say that he has not been able to convince discerning Nigerians of his readiness for the job for which he campaigns. All he has been saying are what should be done which, is not alien to every Nigerian, but has failed to advance any plan about his solutions to resolving those issues in concrete terms and how he intends to do them. Obi merely complains which he and his uncritical followers mistake for a manifesto,” Ajulo said.
He further opined that Obi needed to put together a convincing and achievable manifesto rather than making unrealistic references to nations whose diverse beliefs and cultures are totally at variance with Nigeria.
The lawyer also said Obi’s choice of a running mate may be another albatross on his ambition.
“It would seem that Obi did very little consultations with the northern critical stakeholders in determining the choice of his running mate,” he added.
He said Obi should have allowed inputs from those who are critical to the prevailing situation of the country to influence his choice of a vice presidential candidate.
