Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi finally made his first appearance on American media corporation Cables News Network (CNN).
Recall that the interview which was supposed to take place on September 3, was postponed to September 6, 2022, before it was later shifted to Friday, September 16.
In the course of the interview, the anchor of Zain Exchange, Zain Asher, described Peter Obi as the most popular candidate among young people in Nigeria.
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She then asked, “Nigerians are used to being disappointed by their leaders, can all the problems of Nigeria which are corruption, oil theft, insecurity, physical.. be solved by one person?”
In his response, Obi said, “If we have a leader that is competent, has the capacity, and commitment to deal with it, no one will solve it overnight.
“But there will be clear, visible, measurable attempts to dealing with it. And they are things that are solvable. There are things they can be dealt decisively.”
Quest Times understands that Peter Obi is the first presidential candidate for the 2023 elections to be interviewed by CNN.