Obi, Sowore Should Contest National Assembly Seats, Not Presidency - Gbenga Adeyinka

Posted by Thandiubani on Mon 09th Sep, 2024 - tori.ng

Adeyinka, a Nigerian comedian and entertainment guru stated this when he appeared on a podcast published by TheCable over the weekend.

Card-carrying All Progressives Congress member, Gbenga Adeyinka has asked Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress to contest for national assembly seats instead of the presidency.

He also included Kingsley Moghalu and other young candidates in his list.

Adeyinka, a Nigerian comedian and entertainment guru stated this when he appeared on a podcast published by TheCable over the weekend.

He said no president would act without caution with the likes of Obi, Sowore, and Fela Durtoye in the Senate.

Adeyinka also advised youths seeking political offices to start from the grassroots, stating that politics has a bottom-up structure.

He said, “There are some people who are professional politicians. That is their job. You now wake up and say you want to come, and… they will not even give you the ticket. With our current structure, it takes the grace of men for you to become president.

“That’s why when I see them, Sowore, saying they want to be president, Fela Durotoye wants to be president, Peter Obi wants to be president, and there’s one very intelligent guy, Moghalu wants to be president… I think we need to get these young people into the House of Reps and into the Senate to rewrite our laws.

“If Peter Obi becomes president of Nigeria with the same structure we have in place, there’s nothing he’s going to do.”