The National Secretary-General of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, also known as Miyetti Allah, Saleh Ahassan, has the group will not vote for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, because he represents the Biafran interest.
Ahassan, who said this during an interview with PUNCH, described Obi as a ‘tribal bigot’ and represents ‘the Biafran interest’, which would not ‘favour the Fulani nation in Nigeria’.
The Fulani socio-cultural group noted that Obi was out of the options of persons to be voted for in the forthcoming elections.
He said, “As far as we are concerned, we know those we cannot vote for. You see that they call Obi or OBIdient; any Fulani man who votes for him must be questioned because he may not be a true son of the soil.
“Obi represents the Biafran interest. So, we know those we cannot vote for and those that cannot be president of Nigeria. He is a tribal bigot.”
Alhassan also alleged that when Obi was the governor of Anambra State, he “destroyed the businesses of northerners and chased plenty of Hausa and Fulani people from entering Anambra”.
However, the spokesperson for Peter Obi Support Network, Jones Onwuasoanya, said Obi was a nationalist whose interest was only with Nigerians.
Onwuasoanya said the LP candidate believes in ‘One Nigeria’ and is irreversibly committed to the One Nigeria dream and to making Nigeria a successful nation.
