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The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has denied being against the idea of a formidable coalition that can restore the hope of Nigerians ahead of the 2027 elections.

Obi made his position known via his official X account on Tuesday.

He had earlier rejected efforts by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and some opposition leaders to form a coalition ahead of the next general elections.

Obi emphasised that he would not endorse any coalition if the motive is restricted to mere power grabbing.


The former Anambra State governor spoke on the sideline of a two-day national conference on strengthening democracy in Nigeria, themed; “Strengthening Nigeria’s Democracy: Pathway to Good Governance and Political Integrity,” held on Monday in Abuja.

But the LP chieftain on Tuesday made a U-turn, saying his interview was misrepresented.

He wrote, “I have observed that my honest interview yesterday was misquoted by many media outlets, creating a false narrative that misrepresents my position. Let me set the record straight. I am not against coalition. In truth, I am for it, not for a power grab but to position Nigeria for greatness.

“I have not, and will never advocate for any coalition or alliance that does not prioritise the welfare and progress of the ordinary Nigerian.

“Any discussion about governance must be centred on what it means for everyday Nigerians and how it will address critical issues such as access to quality healthcare and education and pulling people out of poverty.

“Too often in our nation’s history, individuals and groups have come together solely for the purpose of taking power for power’s sake. Such endeavours, devoid of genuine purpose and vision, have only deepened our challenges, leaving the ordinary Nigerian to bear the brunt of bad governance. This is what I stand firmly against.

“Leadership must be about service, not self-interest. As I have always maintained, the New Nigeria is possible.

“But it requires us to change the way we think about power. It is not about grabbing it; it is about using it responsibly to transform lives and secure a brighter future for generations to come.”

emkz:
You can't be too inconsistent and want to be taken seriously.

One man left PDP to AC to PDP to APC to PDP and he wants to be president. If you can't be loyal to one party, how can you be trusted to be loyal to a country?

The other one went from APGA to PDP (despite vowing never to leave APGA) to LP and flip flops on things he says. He claimed he'd remove subsidy on day 1; now he says he'd have done a phased removal. He supported the naira repainting fraud of Emefiele that ruined many people's economic life that Nigerians are eventually buying naira with naira. Today, he is saying he'd write to the president to complain that Nigerians are facing hardship because of the outcome of what he supported.

Nigeria is too diverse to be handed to inconsistent people. How can you be flipping and flopping like McDonalds burger by the minute?

chopnaira:
Gbajue master.
PDP boys don Yan am finish on twitter, and as usual, he quickly returned to his vomit. He would say something in the morning, and by night, he would start contradicting himself.

Bullet4thiefnub:
Like flipping on subsidy removal, riot at ojota today against the removal and its implementation on assumption of power the next day, we don’t want such drug peddlers at the helm of our affairs

Odin13:
Obi can be President of Nigeria .. if Igbos and southeast plays well

Tinubu 50milla .. means nothing ..

We go still chop his money look right .. we’ve been singing it ..

If he wan share all the politicians money .. we go chop am fight ourselves… like Dogarathe fight Bala… 27” no mean say we no go look right

Tinubu and his Yoruba government are just time wasters ..

Oga will end 2027 without a single project or achievement.. na propaganda on propaganda on hype

Power to the people

Obi jusg position yourself.. make Igbos no listen to Yoruba blackmail on Northerners and Arewa .

Tinubu has spend bills .. in naira.. wooing them.. and he’s failing

jameshankss:
Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said he is sure the candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, would lose the 2023 presidential election. Soludo said he would not submit to the bullying of Obi’s supporters, who recently descended on him for addressing issues in the state.

The governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”

Soludo said Obi was inadvertently making the pathway to victory much easier for the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, and at the same time, toying with the destiny of millions of Ndigbo.

But the chief spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign, Yunusa Tanko, accused Soludo of being sponsored by some unknown persons to weaken the base of the party in the South-east.

The former CBN governor had been under intense attack for close to a week for dismissing Obi’s investment in the state as amounting to nothing, during a television interview.

Soludo said in the write-up, “My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the ‘investments’ Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra State revenues.

“Sadly, several of the comments left the issue of the interview to probe or suggest motives, inferred from my response on ‘investment’ that I am opposed to Peter Obi’s ambition and, therefore, committed a ‘crime’ for which the punishment is internecine abuse and harassment, even to my family.

“Everyone knows that I don’t follow the winds or one to succumb to bullies, or shy away from a good fight especially, when weighty matters of principles and future of the people are involved.”

Soludo said he had urged Obi to return to his former party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), to actualise his presidential bid. He added that he had always told the LP candidate to his face that he was not capable of winning the 2023 presidential election, especially, under LP, which had neither a councillor nor a local government chairman.

Soludo said Obi was not just his friend, but also his brother, but despite that, they have their political differences.

He stated, “For full disclosure, let me state that Peter Obi and I are not just friends, we call ourselves ‘brothers’. But we have political differences: he left APGA for PDP after his tenure as governor, while I have remained in APGA since 2013.

“During the last two governorship elections in Anambra in 2017 and 2021, he led the PDP campaigns but APGA won landslide in both elections. By the way, in 2016, he visited and proposed that I defect to PDP and contest the 2017 election against the incumbent Willie Obiano, but I declined.

“After my victory in November 2021, he called to congratulate me, as I did to him in 2010. That is the Anambra way: we fight fiercely during campaigns but share drinks at the next social events. After all, it was the Great Zik of Africa, who taught us that in politics, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies but only permanent interests.”

Arguing that Obi’s presidential bid would only work in favour of Tinubu, Soludo said, “Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign, because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP.”

Obi, according to Soludo, would only deplete the votes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and pave the path for an APC victory.

He stated, “The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South-east has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a four-way race (it is a two-way race in the other five regions) thereby, ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/11/15/soludo-i-wont-succumb-to-bullies-obi-knows-he-cant-win/

aariwa:
The man voted by every Nigerian in 2023 elections to put Nigeria on world map with his clear policy plan on spending on the masses to grow Nigeria from a consumption to a production economy

helinues:
Weather is more stable than Peter Obi lately.

He has just been contradicting his own words. That's the consequences of talking with a basket mouth.

Anyways, you have been exposed as one our secret agents. You are being funded by this government.

Stop deceiving your supporters

helinues:
Weather is more stable than Peter Obi lately.

He has just been contradicting his own words. That's the consequences of talking with a basket mouth.

Anyways, you have been exposed as one our secret agents. You are being funded by this government. Okay, Embrace your tinubu government in peace.obi is already a big man.

Stop deceiving your supporters

Bullet4thiefnub:
Like flipping on subsidy removal, riot at ojota today against the removal and its implementation on assumption of power the next day, we don’t want such drug peddlers at the helm of our affairs

Jaylord12:
So u say.....I hope u can keep up with the torrent when swept with reality some day

emkz:
You can't be too inconsistent and want to be taken seriously.

One man left PDP to AC to PDP to APC to PDP and he wants to be president. If you can't be loyal to one party, how can you be trusted to be loyal to a country?

The other one went from APGA to PDP (despite vowing never to leave APGA) to LP and flip flops on things he says. He claimed he'd remove subsidy on day 1; now he says he'd have done a phased removal. He supported the naira repainting fraud of Emefiele that ruined many people's economic life that Nigerians are eventually buying naira with naira. Today, he is saying he'd write to the president to complain that Nigerians are facing hardship because of the outcome of what he supported.

Nigeria is too diverse to be handed to inconsistent people. How can you be flipping and flopping like McDonalds burger by the minute?

helinues:
Oya shout his[b] Excellency president Tinubu[/b] three times.

Hope this won't make you to hit your head on something soft sha. I added picture too to increase the frustration

Glimpsetv:
A large crowd of Lagosians was filmed in a long queue struggling to collect a loaf of bread. To maintain order, several military personnel were on the ground to control the crowd. This has triggered a lot of reactions online.

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