Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), has explained why his Labour Party counterpart, Peter
Obi, dumped the main opposition party in the build-up to the PDP’s presidential
primary election in 2022.
Speaking at a press conference on the outcome of the February
25 Presidential election in Abuja on Thursday, Atiku claimed Obi left the PDP
because he was afraid of the demands of the party’s governors, adding that he
was in a “rush”.
Atiku said, “I think Peter [Obi] was in a rush. When the
campaign started, and our PDP governors sat down and said they must produce the
presidential and vice presidential candidates, the chief of staff among
themselves, Peter, got scared and left.
“I didn’t get scared. I stood up against the governors. When
we founded the PDP, some of them were perhaps in secondary schools or
universities. So, why should I be afraid? So, I stood up and I fought them.
They fought me and I fought them and I won the primary election.
“So, if he was there, nothing could’ve stopped him from
becoming a running mate because I had the right to choose whoever I wanted as
my running mate.”
Recall that Obi had, on May 27, 2022, dumped PDP for the
Labour Party.
The former Anambra governor had claimed that the LP is the
right platform that aligns with his “aspirations and my mantra of taking the
country from consumption to production.”
Meanwhile, both Atiku and Obi lost the 2023 Presidential
election conducted last Saturday.
Both men came second and third position, respectively,
behind APC’s Bola Tinubu, who was announced the winner of the Presidential
election by the INEC.
Tinubu has since received his Certificate of Return.
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