Obi, Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has visited the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, to solicit his support as well as the support of other governors and stakeholders in the zone.
Speaking at the Government House, Abakaliki, Obi said, “Umahi is our leader, he is a man of impeccable character. He was at the centre of the storm but I want to tell the people that Umahi and Igbo leaders were misrepresented badly.
“Igbo leaders never disagreed with my nomination as VP candidate but disagreed with the process; but I am here to solicit for your support,” he said.
The former Anambra governor said the current ruling party in Nigeria, APC, was mismanaging the economy.
“PDP as a party is desirous of returning to power at the center not just because we want to return to power but because we have seen that in our country Nigeria every indices of development today is heading south and we cannot continue that way.
“In terms of borrowing and all other indices everything is heading south. So PDP wants to come back and continue rebuilding the nation,” Mr Obi added.
Reacting, Mr Umahi commended the former governor for his humility and described him as an asset to the country and the PDP.
He promised to support Mr Obi and the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
He noted that the zone will still meet with Mr Abubakar to discuss his plans for the region.
“I have every reason to be happy very with you. We have always supported ourselves. During my campaign, you came and even gave us vehicles.
“A lot of people have understood that there is nobody that is against our son, nobody has anything against you and that’s why everywhere you go, the South-east governors will roll out their drums.
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“And so sir, you have done very well because what you did is to save the party. I feel that all these noise they are making is marketing the party. You have saved the party and I want you to keep on explaining to those who didn’t understand so that they can understand”.
“I am a straight forward person. If we are giving support to PDP, we are giving support to PDP and there is no doubt about that. We are PDP, no more no less.
“Sir, we will give you the support but we must see our presidential candidate to discuss with us what he has for South-east and Ebonyi.”
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