Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) received a boost on Wednesday when the South-East and Middle Belt Forum endorsed the former Anambra governor.
During a press conference in Abuja, the group stated its position.
The Forum’s Chairman, Olisa Uzowulu, stated that Obi ranks higher than all presidential candidates for next year’s election.
We are going to go out there and fight a change. That is why you get the South-East, the Middle Belt, the South-South, and the South-West to be one body and campaign for Peter Obi. There is no two-way about it, he said during the conference.
The Forum has decided on it. We are going to go out and work for him as a group. There is no choice about that.”
As far as the Forum is concerned, Obi’s support base transcends tribe, religion, and ethnicity as the Chairman said the former governor’s aspiration is people-driven.
It is the people that are driving Obi, not even the party. They love him, people want a change. They are tired of the situation, Uzowulu explained.
There is nothing to sell to people anymore – it is not tribe, or religion but the belief that we have to move ahead. People are going to make a choice this time, nobody is going to hoodwink them again.
As a result, he urged Forum members and supporters across the country to obtain their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) and vote in large numbers for the Labour Party candidate next year.
Obi is running for Aso Rock’s top job alongside Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), among others.
Remember that Obi as Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 election under the main opposition PDP, which lost to President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.
Meanwhile, Nigerian rapper Shola Idowu, also known as Weird MC, recently endorsed Obi for the 2023 general election, according to Kanyi Daily.
Weird MC’s support for Obi comes on the heels of Mr. Macaroni’s endorsement of the former Anambra governor.