Labour Party (LP)’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says he preferred a younger person with fresh ideas as his running mate ahead of the 2023 election.
Obi who featured on Arise TV Morning Show on Wednesday, said he detested working with “recycling old hands”.
Fielding questions on the speculation that he had picked Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, as his running mate, Obi said he wished Baba-Ahmed is the one.
He said, “We’re 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 am 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’.”