A media aide to Governor Ifeanyi of Enugu State, Mr.
Emmanuel Jonathan has declared his support for the Labour Party, LP,
Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi.
Jonathan, a Special Assistant to the Governor on media, made
the endorsement of Obi in a statement made available on Wednesday morning.
Governor Ugwuanyi is one of the G-5 governors who are having
a running battle with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential
candidate, Atiku Abubakar. However, the governors are still silent on their
choice candidate for the election.
Jonathan has now become the first political appointee in
Ugwuanyi’s government to openly endorse Obi.
He is to lead one of the Obi’s campaign groups, Obi/Datti
Apostles Presidential Campaign Support Group.
The PDP chieftain said in the statement that he could no
longer keep mute in the face of bad leadership, stressing that he had chosen to
add his voice in support of the Peter Obi/Datti Yusuf Baba-Ahmed presidential
ambition.
“Nigeria as a country has suffered inept leadership for
years leading to the exposure of many innocent Nigerians to a hellish condition
while still alive.
“The only panacea to redress this situation is to first of
all appreciate the words: Truth, capacity, justice, equity and fairness while
making choice on those who will pilot the affairs of Nigeria in the next four
years, which the Peter Obi/Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential aspiration
epitomises,” he said.
While noting that zoning, equity, justice and capacity
favoured Obi, Jonathan said it was “worrisome to note that among the four major
contending political parties, three chose to violate the antidote for a
peaceful cohesion that creates the much needed enabling environment for a
fruitful leadership that will better the lots of Nigerians.
“This is because they failed to appreciate the word truth,
capacity, equity and justice, and the conventional gentleman understanding on
ground, which is that power should ordinarily rotate to Southern Nigeria and
with a special focus to the section that is yet to occupy the seat of the
president.
“Among these three political parties, the PDP failed to
learn from their mistake in 2015 when they decided to contest against the tide
that made them lose the seat of the president to APC, while the APC this time
around exhibited the worst of political calculation in their choice and
consideration of who should fly the flag of their party as they did not only
fail to appreciate the word truth, capacity, equity and justice, and the
conventional gentleman understanding on ground, they went ahead to
elect/nominate a Muslim/Muslim Ticket which is an aberration to peace and
harmony considering the fact that Nigeria is densely populated by Christians
and Muslims which has always reflected in the choice of who occupies the seat
of the President and Vice President.
“It is therefore interesting to note that the Peter
Obi/Datti Baba-Ahmed Presidential Aspiration of the Labour Party, did not only
factor the consideration of the antidote for a peaceful cohesion that creates
the much needed enabling environment for a fruitful and progressive leadership
that will put smiles on the face of Nigerians, it appreciates the word truth,
capacity, justice, equity and fairness because Obi comes from the South East
zone that has not produced the occupant of the presidential seat of Nigeria.
“In the area of capacity, the Obi/Datti team presents a
wonderful track record of experience devoid of corruption in the past
leadership positions they both held which is a major plus for them.
“The fact that the two of them have built successful
different business empires that has not only created employment but has placed
food on the table of many Nigerians is a major point in their favour.”
He added that “the Obi/Datti Labour Party presidential
ticket presents the youthfulness and smartness that is currently in tune in
different countries of the world and based on this consideration, the likes of
Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar would do better in making useful
contributions in the committee of elders’ council of our dear country Nigeria
rather than exposing themselves to stressful task of the exalted office of a
president at their present respective age.”
“Both Tinubu and Atiku’s 2023 Presidential ambition would
rather create more divisiveness than the love which Nigeria needs at this
moment of our Nationhood.
“Tinubu’s presidential ambition does not also stand on
justice as it is the turn of the South East to produce the president of the
country based on equity. His ambition also undermines the long standing rule
which acknowledges the two major religions in the country which is Muslim and
Christian religion in the choice of President and Vice President.
“Atiku’s ambition is against the understanding between
Southern and Northern Nigeria that power should rotate between the two sections
of the country irrespective of political affiliation.”
“Based on these reasons and many more that I cannot state
here for the sake of the respect I have for both Tinubu and Atiku who are old
enough to be my parents, I choose to support and speak out in favour of the
Obi/Datti Labour Party Presidential team in the 2023 presidential election for
the future of our dear country.
“This is my personal opinion as a member of the PDP in Enugu
State and it is devoid of any official influence as Special Assistant to the
Governor of Enugu State. I still remain a member of PDP,” he declared.
Jonathan announced his position as the Director-General of
the Obi/Datti Apostles Presidential Campaign Support Group.
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