Okupe says Obi won’t attend debates where Tinubu, Atiku are absent

Bayo Wahab 20:49 - 07 November 2022

Presidential candidates, Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwanso (Channels TV)

Okupe says Obi will back out of any debate even at the last minute should other presidential candidates fail to show up.

Doyin Okupe, the Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation said that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party would no longer attend debates or town halls if his counterparts in other parts do not show up.

Okupe disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, November 7, 2022.

He also said that the LP presidential candidate would no longer debate with surrogates or running mates.

He added that Obi would back out of any debate even at the last minute should other presidential candidates fail to show up.

This is coming after Tinubu and Atiku failed to attend the first in the series of town hall meetings for presidential candidates on Sunday, November 6, 2022.

The town hall meeting was organised by Arise Television and the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) for the candidate to discuss their plans for security and economy with Nigerians.

The event was attended by the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwakwanso, and Kola Abiola, flagbearer of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP).

But while Atiku was represented by his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Tinubu, the APC candidate shunned the event without sending any representative.

Obi is contesting for president alongside Tinubu, Atiku, Kwankwaso and 14 other presidential candidates.

The forthcoming presidential election is scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 25, 2023.