2019: Peter Obi is ‘half China, half India’ – Oshiomhole mocks Atiku’s VP

Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), has described Peter Obi, presidential running mate
of Atiku Abubakar, as “half China, half India”.

Oshiomole said this in Kano on Thursday at the Sani Abacha
Stadium, venue of the presidential campaign rally of the ruling
party.

The former Edo State Governor spoke for nearly 15 minutes before
mocking Atiku for once turning to an Obi, which resulted in failure
in 2007, before turning to another one, which according to him,
will likewise end in failure.

The first Obi mentioned by Oshiomhole is Senator Ben Obi, who
was Atiku’s running mate when he contested the 2007 presidential
election on the platform of the Action Congress (AC).

“Mr. President, you know I don’t like to make long speeches, but
in a moment like this, I think the people have already spoken, and
there is nothing to add. They have made up their mind; they ‘ve
demonstrated it all over the state, so there’s nothing new to tell
them,” Oshiomhole said.

“I think what I just want to do here… for the benefit of those
who are detained or misled by other interests, we have a duty to
make some clarifications.

“A moment ago, my brother, my friend, my comrade, the DG of the
campaign, was lamenting how a former colleague of his whom he felt
is a Cristian was lying publicly. He should have known that in the
church, there are believers and there are unbelievers. And it is
more so when they are very desperate.

“I was telling someone this morning: Atiku has made again
another mistake of his life. The first time he contested for the
presidency, he went for an Obi. After Obi, he failed; he returned
to PDP. He tried again, he failed; he came back to APC. He tried
again he failed; this time he went back to PDP and went to another
Obi.

“This other Obi is half China and half India, because if he
speaks three words, one will be Chinese, the second one will be
Indian and the third one will be a mixture of Igbo and Yoruba. I
have tried to teach him my own language but he is not likely to
succeed.”