The Labour Party presidential train landed in Delta state on Monday, with presidential candidate Peter Obi saying that a thrifty guy who saves and invests for the future is a better steward of Nigeria's money than a robber who steals and distributes to family and friends.
In Asaba, Obi spoke to a sizable group of organic supporters and said, "I know you heard when they said Peter is stingy. I concur that Nigeria doesn't want individuals who will continue to steal their money. We want to invest in our people with our money.
Obi told the people that “This election is about character and people we can trust. Everybody knows the schools I attended. When I was the governor in Anambra everybody knows what I did, all the work I did. When I left government, everybody knows where I live, go and verify”.
The former Anambra State Governor told the cheering crowd that the time has come to retire the old order and take back Nigeria for the future “If you put my age and Datti (my Vice) age and divide it into two, we are in our fifties. The other people if you put their own they are in their seventies. You know that there is a retirement age. The PDP chairman is 70 years, APC chairman is 70 years. The Labour Party chairman is 52 years old. So it is our turn. We will retire them, we will pay them compensation”.
He reiterated his earlier promise that his government will be one for youths and women if elected noting that it’s the reason “I told you our average age, not this other person we don’t know their age, we don’t know where they were born, we don’t know which school they attended”.
Obi promised to reactivate and make Warri Port work again, and complete the East-West road which they have been building for 24 years.
The Vice Presidential Candidate Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmad who also addressed the crowd said “Do you know how to know who this loser is, they have made promises for 24 years, the other half made promises for 16 years, the other made promises for 8 years, and they all failed”
“They cannot face Peter Obi and me and talk about security, they will hide behind and talk about structure. The structure that they used to destroy Nigeria and keep us where we are today”.
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Julius Abure said that the country is in a comatose state, in trouble and nothing is working. “This is the only opportunity we have to change the narrative of this country.”
“It is not because Peter Obi is running for Labour Party, if I was in PDP and Peter Obi is running for Labour Party, I would have supported him. I am saying so because he has what it takes to change the country,” he said.
Obi’s campaign train leaves Delta state and is arriving in his home state of Anambra On Tuesday.