Mr. Peter Obi, the Peoples Democratic Party’s vice presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, revealed his interest in running for president in 2023 during a meeting with Anambra State monarchs on Thursday, promising to bring Nigeria ahead if given the chance to lead the country.
Obi’s announcement came shortly after the PDP’s presidential candidate for the 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, expressed his desire.
On Wednesday, Atiku, who ran for president with Obi as his vice-presidential candidate, confirmed his interest.
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Obi, who made his announcement in front of Awka’s traditional rulers on Thursday, said he chose to inform the monarchs first so that he could ask their blessings and prayers.
“I am talking to the traditional rulers because if somebody begins any journey, he must first tell his fathers. I am telling you as my fathers that I am coming out to contest the position of the president of Nigeria.
“You know me and you know how Nigeria is today. In 2019, I went with Atiku as the vice presidential candidate, but today, I want to come out on my own.
“I just came to seek your blessings as the traditional rulers of the state. I am here to tell you as my own fathers, that I am aspiring for the president of Nigeria,” he said.
The former Anambra State governor said that after carefully evaluating and analysing Nigeria’s current challenges, he discovered that the country was at the lowest ebb and needed somebody like him to move it forward.
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He said that he strongly believed in a united Nigeria and came into the race to move the country forward and secure her.
“If I am voted as the President, I will secure Nigerians, create jobs for the teeming youths of the country and pull Nigeria out of poverty.
“Everything I have done regarding resources, I have managed them proudly. I want to move this country forward. I am a Nigerian, I believe in one united Nigeria, I want it secured.
“I am not just aspiring for political position but to serve and move the country forward. I have all it takes to be president and move the country forward,” he added.
Speaking at the session, the senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, Uche Ekwunife, called on the royal fathers to endorse Obi with their royal blessings.
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“This is to inform the traditional rulers in the state to pray for the Peter Obi presidential ambition,” she added.
She urged the traditional rulers as the custodians of the tradition of communities to tell their people that Anambra was in the presidential contest, adding that it was not only Peter who’s in the race, but the entire state and country.
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