Tinubu best for Nigeria – Yakassai counters Obasanjo’s comment

Tanko Yakassai, a popular Nigerian politician and elder statesman, has countered the former president Olusegun Obasanjo over his comment that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 presidential election, saying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the best for Nigeria at this time and moment.

According to NAN, Yakasai, after meeting with President Tinubu recently, insisted that what Nigeria required at this time was a man with a track record of good governance and a well-versed politician to get it out of the woods, saying that with the precedent set in Lagos State when the President was the governor for eight years, Nigerians should expect good times in the next six to 12 months.

He said, “Right from when he declared his intention, I had supported Tinubu’s aspiration to lead the country.

“My support was borne out of a personal conviction that a real politician will be the only one that can solve the country’s myriad of problems.

“In the past few days of his inauguration, I became more convinced that my support was not lost.

“The few decisions and laws signed, as well as appointments, have further singled him out as one of the best presidents to rule Nigeria.”

The Informant247 gathered that the former president Olusegun Obasanjo had in a recent chat with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, declared that despite President Tinubu being declared as the winner of the last election, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi remains the candidate that the country needs.

He said, “For the Nigeria that I believe we need to have at this point in time, Peter Obi is still the best candidate.”

On what he considered his greatest legacy, the former president said, “That I came here [earth] and God was immeasurably kind to me and showed His grace on me.”