VP is spare tyre – Disu warns Peter Obi against accepting Atiku’s offer

Veteran journalist, Jimi Disu has cautioned former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, against accepting a vice presidential slot from his counterpart in the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.

Disu said the Vice President is a spare tyre with no statutory powers in Nigeria’s constitution.

He was reacting to reports that Obi agreed to the Vice President slot with Atiku in ongoing coalition discussions.

Obi had denied such reports, saying he is part of the coalition to fight bad governance, poverty and other challenges faced by Nigerians.

However, speaking on Nigerian Info FM 99.3, Disu said: “What is being said is that Peter Obi is being offered the Vice presidential slot because of Atiku from the North.

“It’s all nice for Atiku but one thing I will tell Peter Obi is that a Vice President is a spare tyre and you are dealing with a seasoned politician.

“It’s left to you to know if you can trust this man not to throw you to the dustbin by the time he becomes the president.

“If I were Obi, I would not risk it because it doesn’t make sense because the constitution does not provide anything for you statutorily.

“You could be made Vice President and jolly well be worse than the man who made fun of the one who said the other was an ice cream seller.

“We have a Vice President that said he would handle defence and his president will handle other things.”