A senator in the 8th National Assembly and spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Dino Melaye has said that Peter Obi, the presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party for the 2023 election, “is a creation” of his principal.
ANN reports that the former lawmaker was speaking in an interview with Nigerian Tribune, published on Saturday.
Melaye said: “I want to even announce that Peter Obi is a creation of Atiku.
“Nobody knew Peter Obi at the national level before he was announced as the running mate of Atiku Abubakar against all odds in 2019 because Atiku is a talent hunter.
“So, Atiku discovered Peter Obi, and law 5 of the 48 laws of power says ‘never outshine your master’.
“That is the reason why any day Peter sees Atiku, he must pay his maximum respect. There is seniority even in the beer parlour. A man taking beer and a man taking champagne, they are not on the same level.
“I will not say more than that about Peter Obi and Atiku.
“Peter Obi is a fantastic Nigerian but the presidency of this country is not the same thing as the director general of the National Bureau of Statistics. They are two different things.”
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, was the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election. They lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He left the PDP for Labour Party in May 2023, to pursue his presidential ambition.
