“I prefer younger people with fresh ideas who have a lot to offer rather than recycling old hands” – Peter Obi speaks on choice of running mate

Presidential Candidate of Labor Party, Peter Obi has said that he prefers to work with younger people with fresh ideas instead of recycling old hands.

Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, Obi said he was yet to pick a running mate as consultations are still ongoing. He said this following rumors on social media that he had chosen Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, a businessman and politician as his running mate.

Obi said, “We are talking to quite a number of people and Baba-Ahmed is a capable hand and I wish he is the one. But I wish I could work with somebody who is younger.

“I prefer younger people with fresh ideas who have a lot to offer rather than recycling old hands. I want a competent person and I’m building a formidable team

.“I want people who can look me in the eye and disagree with me during cabinet meetings. People who have their own minds and ideas. If you agree with me in three meetings, then you are gone because that means you don’t have your own ideas. I want people and cabinet members who can say, ‘Mr. President, you are wrong.”