Keneth Okonkwo, a former Spokesperson of the Labour Party presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has suggested his preferred candidate to battle the All Progressives Congress, APC and Bola Tinubu come 2027.

Speaking on Channels Television, Okonkwo believed that those he described as political sharks would swallow a younger presidential candidate, adding that what is needed is someone who is from the old cadre.

The lawyer and former actor went on to mention former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar, saying the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate for the 2023 general election would have been a hero assuming he comes into power and takes Nigeria back to the Obasanjo years.

“Any officer of the middle or lower cadre never succeeded in Nigeria and there is a reason for that, and that is why in Nigeria, we need a man of conscience who is experienced, who might even be from the old cadre that has made up his mind that he wants a new Nigeria.

“If you are expecting a younger person to come in, in the midst of these sharks, they will swallow him up.

“And I’m telling you, Obama can come to Nigeria and will not win the election. Not because people will not vote for him, but they will steal it from him.

“So what we have now in Nigeria is that we have a system that needs to be fought, that needs to be taken out.”

Asked if he can trust the people in the coalition to cause change, since they are a combination of PDP and APC, two political parties he said Nigerians no longer like, he said:

“Okay, now let’s look at it this way, assuming an Atiku comes into power, assuming and takes us back to the Obasanjo years. He would have been a hero.

“He would have paid up all our debts. He would not acquire new debts. He would have made sure there is no security problem all around Nigeria.

“He was the Vice President. I’m just using him as an example, because he’s the only person that has been in the presidency since 1999.”