Nigeria appears to still be groping in politics of ethnicity and bitterness as the Miyetti Allah has vowed that the Fulani will not vote for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
According to its Secretary, Saleh Alhassan, Obi represents the Biafran interest.
Besides, he alleges, Obi victimised Fulanis when he was Anambra State governor, saying he destroyed the businesses of northerners and chased plenty Hausa and Fulani people from entering Anambra.
“Sunday Punch’ quotes him as saying in an interview: “As far as we are concerned, we know those we cannot vote for. You see that they call Obi or OBIdient, any Fulani man who votes for him must be questioned because he may not be a true son of the soil.
“Obi represents the Biafran interest. So, we know those we cannot vote for and those that cannot be president of Nigeria. He is a tribal bigot.”
Obi has, however, countered this position at various fora.
He has been hammering on the fact that issues of lack of development, hunger and bad economy, which he says he is out to tackle, know no ethnicity or religion.
Besides, Peter Obi Support Network Spokesman, Mr Jones Onwuasoanya, said Obi was a nationalist whose interest was only with Nigerians.
According to him, Obi believes in ‘One Nigeria’ and is irreversibly committed to the One Nigeria dream and to making Nigeria a successful nation.
