Obi: There Is No Ideological Difference Between Atiku And I
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said there is no ideological difference between him and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Atiku Abubakar.
Obi, when asked the difference between the two of them during a television interview on Wednesday, September 28, especially as they both belonged to the PDP before Obi’s recent defection to the LP, he said there was none.
Obi, who was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election, won by President Muhammadu Buhari, said their ideologies and beliefs are not different, adding that Nigerians are left to choose who they trust most out of the candidates contesting next year’s presidential election.
He stated: “I have said it before, there is no different ideology between all of us who are running. Our politics has not matured (to a point) where we have different ideologies, beliefs and everything. We are at what you can call developmental level.
“So, there is not much difference. What we are competing today or what Nigerians think is the choice before them now is of all these people promising the same thing, who can we trust? So, what we are selling now is trust and character.”
Asked if he did not trust Atiku when he was his running mate, Obi answered: “I did,” adding, however, that that was in the past and he would not like to dwell on the past.
“That was yesterday, the past. So, for me, the past is gone. We are dealing with the future. Things have gotten worse. And at this stage, I think we can solve the problem. I don’t want to go into the past,” he stressed.
