Peter Obi, the candidate for president of the Labour Party, has been referred to as the former vice president’s brainchild by Dino Melaye, the spokesperson for the Atiku presidential campaign.
Melaye claims that nobody was familiar with the former governor of Anambra State prior to Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential contender, picking him to be his running mate in 2019.
On the PDP ticket, Obi served as Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election.
He added that Atiku had discovered Obi and cautioned the latter not to surpass his master.
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Melaye, on the other hand, called Obi a wonderful Nigerian but asserted that the position of president in the nation is distinct from that of director general of the National Bureau of Statistics.
The former lawmaker representing Kogi West senatorial district in an interview with Tribune 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, are not on the same level.
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“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.”
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