The senator, representing Abia South, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says Nigeria would have been better off than what it is today if the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, had won the election.
Abaribe said nepotism which thrives under President Bola Tinubu would have been non-existent under an Obi presidency.
The lawmaker made this statement on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
“If Peter Obi had won, you probably would have seen a better Nigeria than what we are seeing today
“Number one, he would not be as nepotistic as this government, he won’t, it’s not in him. That is just who we are, we feel for the other people,” he said.
While backing his nepotism claim against the President, Abaribe queried Tinubu’s appointment of four ministers from only Ogun State when many other states have just one.
According to him, Buhari towed the path of nepotism, but it deepened under President Tinubu because Buhari did it and nobody said much.
The senator further stated that rather than waiting for presidents to be fair to the people of the South-East, it is high time people of the zone went back to revamp it, make it more livable, better and more cohesive.
He pointed out that apart from Obasanjo and Jonathan, no president has been fair to the people and that the people cannot continue to wait for that.
Speaking on the arrest of the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra in exile, Simon Ekpa, in Finland, Abaribe described it as a welcome development.
He said the arrest of Ekpa will signal to the people at home who are purveyors of violence and are being instigated by the Finland-based Biafra agitator that he denied being the Biafran Prime Minister after his arrest.
The lawmaker added that the Igbo had always condemned what Ekpa and his ilk try to direct from foreign lands.
Senator Abaribe also said that the violence in the South-East can be brought to an end when Nnamdi Kanu is released.
He said that many of those perpetrating violence with Kanu’s name won’t have any reason to continue when Kanu is released.
