In the bid to improve the political conversations around both candidates, Pulse brings you 3 things that both have in common.

A capitalist politician is someone who supports the principles of capitalism, which is an economic and political system in which the means of production are privately owned and controlled for the purpose of generating profit. This often involves advocating for free market policies, such as lower taxes and minimal government regulation of business.

There are several indications that both Bola Tinubu and Peter Obi are staunch capitalists. In Peter Obi’s manifesto, he promises to invest in MSME ideas and provide grants. Investing in MSMEs is often seen as a way to support economic growth and development, as these businesses are often the backbone of many local economies. They also provide important opportunities for entrepreneurship and job creation.

Meanwhile, Tinubu promised to create six new regional economic development agencies that will establish sub-regional industrial centers to exploit each zone’s competitive advantage and optimize its potential for industrial growth and job creation.

One of the fairly obvious similarities that Obi and Tinubu share is the fact that, at some point in their political careers, they have been elected state governors.

Tinubu served as Governor of Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, during which he initiated reforms that improved the efficiency of the civil service and improved infrastructure.

While Peter Obi served as Governor of Anambra from March to November 2006, from February to May 2007, and from June 2007 to March 2014.

He was the first Nigerian governor to legally challenge his wrongful accusation and was reinstated by the courts.

He was the first Nigerian governor to seek interpretation of governors’ terms when INEC allowed elections to be held in Anambra State when his term had not yet expired; the already concluded election was canceled and he was allowed to complete his term.

Peter Obi is widely regarded in Nigeria as an advocate of good governance, openness and transparency; however, in 2021 Pandora Papers opened Obi’s secret businesses. According to the investigative article, Obi had established secret companies in his daughter’s name abroad.

It was revealed that Obi first approached Access International, a secret enabler in Monaco, France, to help him incorporate an offshore entity into one of the world’s most notorious tax havens, known for providing conduits for wealthy corrupt political elites. and privileged hide stolen money.

According to the newspaper, Obi also paid Access International to provide nominee directors for the company: these directors are tax haven residents paid to sit on company boards to hide the identities of the actual owners of the offshore companies.

Officials from Acces International, who allegedly took reports from Obi and/or his representatives, headed to the British Virgin Islands, where they hired a local registered agent, Aleman Cordero Galindo & Lee Trust (BVI) Limited (Alcogal), to set up Gabriella Investments Limited for the former Governor.

Furthermore, in 2009, weapons and currency were found in Peter Obi’s official cars going for repairs in Lagos carrying the said N250 million.

For him, the uproar over the interception of said money was a great political conspiracy to tarnish his image in what was a simple commercial and contractual transaction. He concluded that the money in question had been returned to the contractor who is already purchasing the vehicles for which the money was intended.

Bola Tinubu is the scandal magnet of the season. The story of the Jagaban scandal is, in fact, highly divergent; ranging from forgery, perjury, forgery, false claims, age controversy, shady records, abuse of office, undefined sources of wealth, illegal conversion of state assets, embezzlement of public funding, rampant bulimic tendencies, and primitive hoarding to landlord tendencies by someone who in the past has spoken stridently against corruption and who presents himself as a progressive-leaning politician.

Undoubtedly, Tinubu’s state of health, which he did not reveal to the public and which makes him go abroad for treatment, is scandalous. It is said that he has obvious signs of senility as his steps are wobbly and his speech is uncoordinated. His few public outings since his emergence as the APC presidential candidate have been a complete fiasco, apparently causing his team to prevent him from appearing in public, except those to be organized or led by his team.