Tinubu has tried his best, but he needs to go home and rest — Peter Obi

National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has backed recent remarks by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, that President Bola Tinubu has done his best to address insecurity, but argued that the President should now “go home and rest.”

Obi made the remarks during an interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, uploaded on YouTube on Thursday, while responding to a question on why Nigerians should support his presidential ambition over other opposition candidates.

Asked why he should be elected president, Obi urged Nigerians to evaluate both his past record and his vision for the country.

> “It’s for you to look at my past and look at what I’m saying now,” he said.

Reacting to Pastor Adeboye’s recent comments on Tinubu’s handling of insecurity, Obi said the respected cleric was right in acknowledging that the President had tried his best.

> “Somebody asked me yesterday that Pastor Adeboye said Tinubu has tried his best, and I said Pastor Adeboye remains a very revered and respected religious father whom I believe in his genuineness and goodness.

> “What he said was correct. He said Tinubu has tried his best. He’s trying his best. That’s the correct answer.

> “The question to ask is: Is his best good enough? Where we find ourselves today leads to the issue of capacity.”

Obi maintained that effective leadership requires competence, capacity, compassion, commitment and character, arguing that Nigeria’s current security challenges underscore the need for new leadership.

> “When I talk about leadership, I say competence, capacity, compassion, commitment, character. These are the issues. President Tinubu is tired. He needs to go home and rest,” Obi stated.

Pastor Adeboye had earlier defended President Tinubu against criticism over rising insecurity, saying the President had fulfilled his responsibility by issuing directives to the military.

Speaking at the US-Nigeria Faith Heroes Award Gala organised by the Save Nigeria Group in Washington, D.C., on June 23, Adeboye said it was unfair to expect the President to personally participate in military operations.

> “I don’t support those who are accusing the President of not doing enough. When the Commander-in-Chief has given instructions to his subordinates, he has done his bit. You don’t expect him to go and put on khaki and fight,” the cleric said.

However, Adeboye also expressed concern over the deteriorating security situation, noting that terrorism and kidnapping had spread beyond northern Nigeria to other parts of the country.

He disclosed that he advised the President to give military commanders a 90-day ultimatum to end insecurity or resign, while also urging the government to identify and prosecute those sponsoring terrorism.

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