Atiku’s thinking is reinforced by OBJ’s support for Obi, claims ZAP
Olusegun Obasanjo’s support for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has been characterized by the Zikist-Aminu Kano Patriots (ZAP) as a repetition of his former vice Atiku Abubakar’s initial position on the 2023 election.
Obasanjo’s selection of Obi, according to ZAP’s spokesman Dr. Steve Igweze, is consistent with Atiku’s assertion that the South East would provide President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor in 2023.
In a nation with many different ethnic and religious groups, he said, it is unjust for Fulani to dominate.
Remember that Charles Aniagwu, the Presidential Spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), recently said that Atiku was not the one who opened up the zoning process so that anybody may run for office. Members of the party believed that Atiku was the only candidate who could bring Nigerians out of the woods in this fight between the South and the North.
Atiku intended to micro zone to the South East, but Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike blocked it because he wanted to run for office.
While praising Obasanjo for his patriotism and statesmanship, ZAP stated that the former president and his former deputy have shown that they understand the need of regular power rotation for maintaining Nigeria’s peace and unity.
The PDP Presidential Campaign Council’s effort to downplay Obasanjo’s support for Obi, according to Igweze, should be seen as a self-serving afterthought.
Diasporans for Good Governance (DGG) has criticized a remark attributed to Prince Arthur Eze requesting Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi to drop out of the election, claiming that Eze is unsatisfied with the new order that Obi stands for.
Conveners of the organization unanimously signed a statement in Awka, Anambra State, yesterday that said Eze lacked any moral justification for asking Obi to drop out of the race or any political significance.
The organization claims that Eze and a select few other privileged persons no longer represent the public and that regular Nigerians have been pushed too far and are now making their own decisions.
