Peter Obi: Will Dialogue with Gumi, Igboho, and Others if Elected President

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), said that if elected president he would engage in dialogue with agitators from across the country.

During an interview on Nevon News hosted by Rufai Oseni, Obi stated he would meet with the Yoruba nationalist Sunday Igboho, the controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi, and Biafran separatists to negotiate.

He added, “When I’m elected, I will discuss with everybody. I’m not there to apportion blame on who is wrong or right.”

“In solving this problem, I want to sit down with everybody and say, ‘let’s go this way.’ As a president, I will sit down with people and talk and you will see it,” Obi said.

“I did it as governor, I brought people including traditional rulers and talked with them.”

When asked what he would do if Gumi and others refused to listen, Obi replied, “They will listen to me, they are in the problem. How can you call someone who is sick to come to the hospital and he says he won’t come?”