The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic
Party at the 2019 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has declared his interest to
contest the presidency in 2023 during a meeting with Anambra State monarchs on
Thursday, vowing to move Nigeria forward if he is given the opportunity to lead
the country.
Obi’s declaration came just after the presidential
standard-bearer of the PDP at the 2019 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, had
also declared his interest.
Atiku, who contested alongside Obi, as his vice-presidential
candidate, declared his interest on Wednesday.
Obi, who made his declaration known before the traditional rulers in Awka, on Thursday, said he decided to tell the monarchs first in order to seek 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.
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.
“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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