President Bola Tinubu on Friday mocked the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, over the former Anambra State governor’s handling of erosion during his tenure.
Speaking at an All Progressives Congress campaign rally in Akwa Ibom State, Tinubu did not name Obi directly but referred to a rival who “ran away from erosion in Anambra State.”
“There is one who said he is in one party they call NDC, who is running for president. He ran away from erosion in Anambra State. And he said he want to be a president. Which president?” Tinubu said.
“He could not confront erosion. I, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I confronted the Atlantic Ocean, I tamed it for you. Governor Umo Eno confronted the erosion in Akwa Ibom and he is working for you, he is stable,” the president added.
Tinubu contrasted his own record as Lagos State governor, where he said he confronted and controlled the Atlantic Ocean, with what he described as Obi’s failure to address the erosion crisis in Anambra.
The president also criticised African Democratic Congress presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, questioning his political consistency after leaving the Peoples Democratic Party.
“They [the opposition] lack the leadership and character. If a man that once upon a time was a baby of the PDP, became a father of the PDP and, because of a little inconvenience, he ran away from that party and formed a dangerous ADC in another party. Is that a leadership trait? Is that a leadership character? And he wants you to vote for him. It is not for banana. He cannot put a house in order,” Tinubu said.
He further described opposition parties as “mushroom parties” that lack the character and calibre of the APC.
