Obasanjo, Babangida are Peter Obi’s godfathers, they ruined Nigeria – Sowore

Political activist, Omoyele Sowore, has named past leaders Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Aliyu Gusau, Abubakar Abdusalam and Ango Abdulahi as criminals who are the godfathers of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.

According to Sowore, those are the people that ruined Nigeria, just as he urged Nigerians not to work with them.

He wrote on social media, “Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, Aliyu Gusau, Abubakar Abdusalam and Ango Abdulahi are Mr Peter Obi’s “Godfathers” the people that ruined Nigeria are the ones fronting for him. May it never happen that we will work with these criminals!”

KEMI FILANI NEWS reported that Obi had said that if elected president in 2023, his administration would not close shop and start witch-hunting previous administrations.

“As for probing the past government, let me tell you: you see me argue that you can’t close your shop and be chasing thieves; those who only look at yesterday and today will miss tomorrow. God did not give us eyes at the back; mine is to look forward.

“If you come into the government today and decide to stop the leakage first, you will get more. I am not going to be part of any form of victimisation or witch-hunt; it won’t happen. Nigerians must live within law and order,” Obi said.

In contrast, Sowore is also a presidential aspirant, said his administration would probe past governments.

“As President of Nigeria, I will probe and retrieve every penny stolen by past Nigerian rulers, those who have murdered innocents and deprived them of a bright future. If we could be retrieving money from dead and buried Sanni Abacha, we should retrieve from living legendary thieves,” he said.