Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on stakeholders in the South-East to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Peter Obi ahead of the forthcoming general elections, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no plans for Igbo presidency come 2023.
Obasanjo, who recently became the most vocal critic of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, stated this on Saturday at a stakeholders’ meeting at Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. He urged the people to be wary of promises from the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2019 general elections.
“I urged you the Igbo not to allow anybody to relegate you to the background because you occupy a place of preeminence in this country. The Igbo must bury their differences and work together for the actualisation of the Atiku/Obi project in their best interest. It’s dangerous to take the APC government seriously
He described Peter Obi as a beacon of hope, and advised him to reach out to major stakeholders in the south East to drum support for the 2019 PDP presidential project.
“You and your presidential candidate have become the beacon of hope to all Nigerians who have had it so rough in the last four years. You need to think out of the box to take this country out of the woods caused by incumbent clueless administrators. With your pedigree as a governor, I’m hopeful that things will work again in Nigeria under your leadership as vice president.
