Obi said, “The comment from my respected elder brother, Kwankwaso, is the reason why we have 100 million Nigerians living in poverty. It is the reason why we have 18 million Nigerian children out of school. It is the reason why we have over 55 per cent of Nigerians in under/unemployment ladder. It is the reason why we have all the problems why Nigeria is insecure because rather than vote for competence, we will choose to vote for incompetence based on a primitive consideration of ethnicity and religion.
“Tell me, today you cannot travel from Abuja to Kaduna by air, road or train. Is it because someone from the South-East is in charge? You cannot travel from Abuja to Minna by road; is it because someone from the South-East is in charge?
“Yesterday, we heard of an attack by bandits on the presidential convoy in Katsina. Is it because the person from the South-East is in charge? Show me where you can buy food cheaper, you have uninterrupted electricity, or people are prospering in the North because northerners are in power; in the South-West, because northerners are in power, and the South-East.
“What we have chosen to do in this country is that we have consistently hired vehicle drivers to fly the Nigerian aeroplane instead of hiring qualified pilots. My commitment is for us to campaign and deal with the issues and the problems of the country. There are a lot of problems in this country.”
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