- Obi left the PDP in 2022 for Labour Party and clinched the party’s ticket to vie for the 2023 presidential election.
Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, has implored former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, to return to the party.
Recall that Obi left the PDP in 2022 for Labour Party and clinched the party’s ticket to vie for the 2023 presidential election.
In a chat with The Guardian, George advised Obi to come back to PDP as it is the only party that can help him realise his goal of becoming Nigeria’s president.
He also stated that the PDP can’t afford to field former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, as its presidential candidate in 2027.
George opined that the party will lose woefully if it handed Atiku its presidential ticket.
Atiku was PDP’s flag bearer in the 2019 and the 2023 presidential election and there are speculations that he is in pole position to clinch the party’s ticket for the 2027 election.
George said: “I have nothing against Obi; he is from the South but the truth is, the former Anambra State governor can only realise his presidential ambition on the platform of PDP and not the fragmented LP that lacks structure across the 36 states.
“There is no way the present LP can withstand the strength of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027. The only party that has such a taproot, structure and support is the PDP. I also do not believe that Tinubu’s re-election will be easy as people assume. He can only be ousted by the PDP in 2027, if only the leaders of the party do the right thing and are seen to toe the path of fairness, justice and equity.”
He also appealed to all Nigerians, who are who bearing the brunt of the present economic policies of Tinubu to join forces with the major opposition party, adding: “Nigeria, under the PDP, was not as bad as it is at present. The administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan, which was blackmailed by the APC, was not as bad as what we are going through now.”
The PDP chieftain also raised the alarm that the undue interference of the Federal Government in the politics of Lagos, Rivers and Osun states as well as meddlesomeness in the emirate issue in Kano is an omen that could snowball into national insecurity if caution is not applied.
Besides, George said the ultimate solution to the myriad problems confronting Nigeria is to address fundamental flaws in the 1999 Constitution. “Nigeria needs to be restructured to true federalism,” he insisted
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