- Peter Obi has visited leaders of the party in the south east to seek support for his nomination
- Obi is the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
- Among the leaders he visited are Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, and others
Peter Obi, the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has embarked on a peace mission to meet with the leaders of the party in the south east, including governors, over his nomination.
The Punch reports that Obi visited the leader to seek support from them ahead of 2019 presidential election.
He payed homage to Enugu state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Friday, October 19. Obi visited Ebonyi state governor, Dave Umahi, and Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, as well as deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu.
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It was learnt that Obi also visited president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, at his Enugu residence, on Friday, October 19.
The former Anambra state governor explained that he was passing through Enugu and decided to see the governor and ‘inform’ him of his nomination as the PDP vice presidential candidate.
According to him, “Politics is about what is there for your people, not what is there for you. For me, this nomination is about all Igbo; we can’t continue saying we are being marginalised. This is an opportunity to get some of the things we want.
“I need the prayers and support of all of you and I can assure you that it is about us, not about Peter Obi.”
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While meeting with Nwodo, Obi appealed to leaders of the PDP in the south-east to see his nomination as ‘their own’.
It was gathered that Obi, however, downplayed the reservations raised by some PDP leaders over his nomination describing the issue as a communication gap.
According to him, “I don’t think that they raised any dust – they are my leaders. They only disagreed with the process of communication.
“None of them have said that they don’t want Peter Obi; they only said they wished they were consulted. I respect them, I have visited Umahi, Ekweremadu, Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi, and now I am visiting the Ohanaeze leader.”
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Governor David Umahi revealed his reason for criticising the choice of Peter Obi as the running mate to the presidential candidate of PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
He said while he is not against the choice of former governor Peter Obi as the running mate to Atiku or his competence for that matter, he disliked the process leading to his (Obi) selection.
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