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Speaking in an interview with journalists in Lagos, a former Governor of Anambra State and the Deputy Director General (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reconciliation team, comprising the South-west, South-east and South-south, Mr. Peter Obi, said the oldest person ever elected as the US president was Ronald Reagan at the age of 68.
He said the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not wish the country well, or else why would the party be agitating for the election of a 73-year-old former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), adding: “In a world, where a life-changing protest for democratic change, the demand for free and fair democracy without Chinese interference was led by a 17-year-old boy in Hong Kong, APC is threatening to inflict a 73-year-old grandfather on Nigeria as president.”
Obi therefore called for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan, stating that the president has set the right processes in motion, adding that Jonathan’s performance has been under-reported and “even distorted by mischief makers.”
- ThisDayLive
Speaking in an interview with journalists in Lagos, a former Governor of Anambra State and the Deputy Director General (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reconciliation team, comprising the South-west, South-east and South-south, Mr. Peter Obi, said the oldest person ever elected as the US president was Ronald Reagan at the age of 68.
He said the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not wish the country well, or else why would the party be agitating for the election of a 73-year-old former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), adding: “In a world, where a life-changing protest for democratic change, the demand for free and fair democracy without Chinese interference was led by a 17-year-old boy in Hong Kong, APC is threatening to inflict a 73-year-old grandfather on Nigeria as president.”
Obi therefore called for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan, stating that the president has set the right processes in motion, adding that Jonathan’s performance has been under-reported and “even distorted by mischief makers.”
- ThisDayLive
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