Former Inspector-General of Police Sir Mike Okiro and a former President of the Senate, Senator Ameh Ebute, have thrown their weight behind President Bola Ahmed Tinubu re-election bid.
The duo therefore urged Nigerians to support the President for a second term to actualize all his lofty programmes.
The duo Okiro spoke in Abuja during the unveiling of the Legacy Support Group for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope for Better Nigeria.
Okiro, a former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, who was represented by Honourable Marcel Ezenwa, said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing everything possible to change the narratives about the country on all sides, thereby creating an enabling environment for economic development and growth.
He further said continuous criticisms of the government without evidence would not move the country forward; rather, it would take the nation backward.
“We are all here, we are all witnesses, many people are confessing. So, based on that, we decided to join hands to support the moving train.
“That is actually the picture we want to paint for the whole world; for Nigerians to make up their minds that let Mr President continue with the good job he is already doing,” Okiro also said.
In his remarks, Ebute said he was extending his support through the legacy group and other support groups in the country to enable the President complete his eight-year tenure.
Ebute, who was represented by the Chief Executive Officer of Hans Royal Homes Limited, Prince Henry Opara, also said his decision was to enable the President complete the good work he has started.
He has a good mind for Nigeria and we have seen what he has been doing. Despite what people are saying, Rome was not built in a day. So, it is a gradual process,” Ebute said.
Ebute, a former Pro-Chancellor of the National Open University, further acknowledged the President’s achievements so far, adding that President Tinubu meant well for the country.
“Anywhere he stops, another person can continue. But he really has a good heart and intention for this country,” Ebute also said.
Earlier, the National Coordinator of the group, Chief Chima Duru, said President Tinubu has wonderful legacies which will outlive his administration.
Duru also said the group has seen the antecedents of President Tinubu and decided to add its voice to others calling for the re-election of the President.
He hailed President Tinubu as a man who is not selfish, saying that the President is a man with ambition, a man with a human heart, a man with vision, and a man who is very humble.
“He listens to people and listen to advices. He is not full of himself. What endeared me to him is that one day, he was speaking and I was listening. He said, please, have hope in your life and that whatever God says you are going to be, you will be,” Duru said.
