Former Labor Party presidential candidate Peter Obi clarified that he is not in conflict with President Bola Tinubu.
He made this statement while expressing his position on the opposition coalition.
Despite reports stating that he had agreed to be former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in 2027, Obi denied these claims, emphasizing that he is committed to the coalition against poverty and bad governance.
Addressing some teachers in Abuja, Peter Obi said: “President Tinubu and I are not fighting. I am not fighting anybody.
“My fight is against bad governance, hunger, against out of school children, against people with less than 10 percent health insurance scale, and poverty.
“These teachers here should be paid by the government because it is a universal basic education. The law says children should go to school free.
“I’m in a coalition against hunger, poverty, and good health. Politics for me is not about position but about doing the right things.
“I, Peter has told you where I stand and didn’t talk about politics but the education of these children – in this country, we talk about politics and abandon what we should be talking about.
“What we should be talking about is how to be educating these children.”
Peter Obi’s comment comes amid his meeting with Tinubu in Rome on Sunday.
The former presidential candidate had met Tinubu during the official installation of Pope Leo XIV in Rome.
Obi had cautioned against politicizing the meeting with Tinubu.