Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has criticised the government of President Bola Tinubu for lacking compassion, saying that the president does not care much about the citizens.

He said that Nigerians need a president that truly cares about their wellbeing, adding that he would be such a president if elected to lead the country in 2027.

“People want to get up and see a president that cares, a president that shows compassion,” Obi said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

“Today we have a country without compassion, leadership without compassion does not exist, it is a minus, it is not good for a country.”

When asked if there is anything the present government has done which lacks compassion, Obi narrated how President Tinubu chose to go on Christmas holiday in Lagos in December 2024 instead of going to Ibadan where several children died in a stampede at a Christmas party.

“There is no compassion, people lost their children that will lead this country in the future he went for Christmas holiday,” he said.

The former Anambra State governor also condemned the president over the attack in Benue State, saying he went to Benue but failed to reach Yelwata where the attack happened. (Channels TV)