FORMER Labour Party (LP), presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has declared that he is not fighting President Bola Tinubu. Obi disclosed this while declaring his stand regarding the opposition coalition.
Reports had said Obi agreed to be former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in 2027.
But Obi denied the reports, saying he is in coalition against poverty and bad governance, among others.
Addressing some teachers in Abuja, Obi said: “President Tinubu and I are not fighting. I am not fighting anybody.
“My fight is against bad governance, hunger, against out-of-school children, against people with less than 10 per cent health insurance coverage, and poverty.
“These teachers here should be paid by the government because it is a universal basic education. The law says children should go to school for free.
“I’m in a coalition against hunger, poverty, and good health. Politics for me is not about position but about doing the right things.
“I, Peter, have told you where I stand and didn’t talk about politics but the education of these children. In this country, we talk about politics and abandon what we should be talking about.
“What we should be talking about is how to educate these children.” Obi’s comment comes amid his meeting with Tinubu in Rome on Sunday.
The former presidential candidate had met Tinubu during the official installation of Pope Leo XIV in Rome.
Obi had cautioned against politicising the meeting with Tinubu.
