Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi has revealed what would make him vote for the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi in 2023.
Gumi assured Obi of his vote if he can
restructure Nigeria if elected president in 2023.
He spoke in Kaduna yesterday while playing
host to the former Anambra State governor and his running mate, Datti
Baba-Ahmed.
Obi and his running mate were in Kaduna to
attend an interactive session for presidential candidates organised by a joint
committee of Arewa groups in the build up to the 2023 general elections.
However, Gumi commended Obi for visiting
and briefing him about his plan for Nigeria.
According to Gumi: “As you come here
(Kaduna) people will like to hear your views about restructuring Nigeria;
Nigeria has been restructuring itself from independence to date. It was never
static, but I want to know about views on restructuring so that I can write on
my Facebook page `this is the presidential candidate who can do this for me; I
will assure him of my vote'”.
Gumi also asked the LP presidential
candidate how he intends to address the issues of agitations and poverty in the
country.
“How are you going to deal with the issue
of polarity and agitations across Nigeria? Every region is agitating because
people are not happy, how are you going to make these people (agitators) happy
under one table?
“You talked more about the economy; the
economy sometimes is more than the figures,” he added.