The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Sunday, said the northern region of Nigeria will celebrate him if he becomes president.

The former governor of Anambra State, and a prominent member of the opposition coalition, floated on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made this claim on Sunday Politics programme, on Channels TV.

Speaking on the northern region, Obi said the greatest asset Nigeria has is in the 19 states domiciled in the northern region of the country, but the potential of the region with numerical voter strength and vast arable lands has been largely untapped because of the hydra-headed monster of insecurity.

Obi said, “We have voted for incompetence, we’ve voted for tribe, (and) we’ve voted for religion; let’s vote for competence.

“I want them to trust me. The biggest asset of this country is in the north, the uncultivated lands in the north. The criminality we face in the north today, I will deal with it.

“If I am president, the North will celebrate me. I have an idea of the problem.”