Political economist and a chieftain of the Labour Party, Prof. Pat Utomi, says the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu does not have the mental and physical capacity to govern Nigeria.
Utomi who revealed this on Thursday while speaking on a programme monitored on Arise TV, said that the signs were there to show Tinubu was unfit physically to contest for Nigeria’s president.
“Physically, you can see he is ailing. Let’s not kid ourselves. Let’s be honest. American presidents go through medicals that are made public, let him (Tinubu) go through medicals with Nigerian doctors and make the result public. It is the lives of millions of people we are dealing with here,” Utomi insisted.
“Our country has suffered so much from having ailing leaders and that was why the Vice President (Yemi Osinbajo) stepped up, because he thought there was a challenge on that line,” he added.
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According to him, Nigerians are leaving the country in droves because they are fed up with the political order. People don’t see a future in Nigeria,” he added.
“The challenge of politics in Nigeria is that there has been a significant dose of politics without principles. I think that all you can do is to admire and show respect for leadership that is principled centred and that is what Afenifere stands for.
Speaking on the chances of Peter Obi on Saturday, Utomi described Obi as a leader Nigerians can trust to steer the affairs of the nation if voted into power at the February 25th election.
He said Obi is the most competent and credible candidate among all the presidential candidates, and has the greatest capacity to get the job done.
“A huge majority of Nigerians are young and a lot of them are social media compliant, even in the village and they see the symbols and orders that the young people are revolting against them.
“They hook onto it and psychologically are connected to the revolt of the youths, which is a global thing by the way and not a Nigerian thing. Young people are revolting worldwide against an order that has not focused on them,” Utomi said.