During his Presidential campaign rally in Benin, Edo State Capital, he described the endorsement of Labour Party presidential candidate Mr. Peter Obi by Obasanjo as poison and said Obasanjo is not fit to recommend anyone as the leader of Nigeria.
Tinubu said:
“They punished me as Lagos State governor, not personal punishment but the entire Lagos State was punished. I brought Enron to solve the electricity problem and help Lagos's economy but Obasanjo and PDP frustrated it. They punished me and Lagos people and even began deducting our money. I created Local Governments in Lagos to accelerate development and create employment for our people but Obasanjo seized our allocation and punished us for that. That was wickedness and such a man said he endorsed a man for you to vote as President. Can you follow such a man? Can Obasanjo recommend a leader to anyone in Nigeria? A man who does not know the way cannot show the way.”
He also lambasted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for lying to Nigerian that he made his money from the car business during his time as a custom officer.
He said:
“Atiku was a custom officer who said he made money selling cars, that is smuggling. He didn’t even know that a civil servant cannot do any other business apart from agriculture. That is enough to disqualify him and he is not fit to be President.”
Tinubu pleaded for the electorate poll of the entire people of Edo State and promised to deal with insecurity that is affecting the nation and create employment for the youths.