Obi Is Sound, Gentleman, Progressive-Minded – Dino Melaye, PDP Presidential Campaign Spokesman

By Adesina Soyooye

Senator Dino Melaye, the Chief Spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Presidential Campaign Council, has acknowledged that the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, is sound, progressive-minded and a gentleman.

Melaye spoke in an interview where he appealed to Obi to “come back home to his elder brother and mentor” so as to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 General Elections.

In the 2019 Presidential election, Obi was Atiku’s running mate. They were defeated by the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

However, three days to  the PDP Presidential Primary against the 2023 Presidential election, Obi, who was an aspirant in the PDP, just like Atiku, resigned from the Party. He joined the almost moribund Labour Party and revived it. LP is now one of the three main parties in Nigeria, and Obi, a major contender to the Presidential seat in 2023. Both the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the PDP,  admit that Obi is an obstacle to the ambitions of their candidates.

Appealing to Obi to jettison his Presidential ambition and join hands with Atiku, Melaye said “Nigerians cannot endure another four years of the APC.”

Melaye described Obi as “sound, a gentleman progressive-minded.”

He said:  “I’m having a clarion call on Peter Obi, gentleman, progressive- minded, sound, that in the interest of this country, for his tomorrow, he should give his today and come back home to support his elder brother and mentor.

“Nigerians cannot afford another four years of an APC administration that will continue with insecurity, kidnapping, banditry, rise in the prices of goods and commodities in the country.”

Obi, Atiku and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are the three frontline runners in the Presidential election scheduled for February, 2023.