Peter Obi, former Anambra
governor, has stated that South-East governors and leaders of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the region never acted against him.
He said this in reaction to
alleged opposition to his emergence as the running mate of the party’s
presidential candidate, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
NAN reports that Obi spoke when
he visited the site of last Friday’s pipeline fire that killed scores of
residents of Umuimo and Umuadoro communities in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government
Council.
He said he had spoken to leaders
in the Senate including Ike Ekweremmadu, Enyinnaya Abaribe, Theodore Orji, Sam
Egwu and others.
“For us, what is important is to
rebuild the South-East, to rebuild Nigeria. What we need is to talk about how
to create jobs, how to make Nigeria better for the citizens.
“Let me thank Gov. Ikpeazu for
what he is doing. Governance is about the people feeling you. It is about moving
around, seeing it for yourself.
“When we came this morning, he
could have said “well, listen I am busy” and stayed back in his office but he
came around with us. He has been to those places.
“He has listened to the people
and I assure you that whatever he said today he will do will be practicalised.
It is not a question of wishing. So we are all working as a team.
“You know in politics, we need to
ask for more. That consultation will be asking for more”, he said.
Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, in his
remarks, said that the South-East caucus in the National Assembly had always
been in support of Peter Obi’s emergence as the PDP vice-presidential
candidate.
He said that the nation at this
time needed men and women whose words could be their bond and who would
understand the challenges of the country.
“Today, what we have is a man who
we can queue behind, a man who can make sure that Nigerians are rescued from
where they are today, in despondency”, he said.
He noted that this was the reason
he could say that all the leaders of Igboland were in support of Obi’s
candidature.
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