The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday revealed that the presidential candidate of the party, Bola Tinubu cannot debate with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
The ruling party has said that it will send one of the media aides of Tinubu to debate with Obi.
This was revealed by Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.
Keyamo has lambasted Obi for not having a manifesto, not to talk of presenting any to the people of Nigeria ahead of the 2023 elections.
Keyamo has challenged Obi to mention his political mentor since when he has served as Governor.
He en therefore mentioned that if Obi meets the condition, the APC will present a spokesperson to engage Obi in an open debate.
Keyamo said: ”They have no manifesto, so what are we debating? What documents are we comparing? He said Nigerians should depend on what is inside his brain, not on any document.
“So, Asiwaju will then be debating with what? Is this campaign a joke to them? Do they think this is a Debating and Dramatic society in school?”
“Before Obi can stand shoulder to shoulder with Asiwaju to debate, he should first release a manifesto for scrutiny; then he should list his tangible achievements as Governor of Anambra State compared to the tangible achievements of Asiwaju as Governor of Lagos State.
“Then he should list those he has mentored in politics from the days of his being Governor who is still with him now; then he should tell us any political party he has either formed or partnered to form and which he still belongs to today.
“Then he should list his democratic credentials, that is what he did to contribute to the return to democracy from Military rule and what he has since done, better than Asiwaju, to sustain our democracy”.
“After all these, we shall send them one of our spokespersons to debate with him”.
