Melaye made the appeal in a video clip shared on his Facebook page on Friday.
The former lawmaker said while Obi was indeed a good product, the time was not right for him to actualise his presidential ambition, adding that the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, fits the bill more.
“I have listened to your postulations, arguments, deliveries, and campaigns and I can say 90 percent of your campaigns are dwelling on reducing the cost of governance.
“You are a great Nigeria and I salute your political and intellectual sagacity. You are one Nigeria that I know that tomorrow, there’s a space for you. But for today, let us for the social media drama, Diaspora euphoria.
“The truth of the matter is that we need a unifier and a Nigerian than can solve the problem of insecurity and that will have intel from every security facet of our national life. We need a Nigerian that will get intel from Cameroon, Mali, Chad, Benin Republic.
“We need a Nigerian that has that capacity to solve the problem of Boko Haram, bandits, and others because he has intel from all the neighboring countries and that Nigerian today is Atiku Abubakar,” Melaye said.
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