I Will Run For The Office Of The President – Peter Obi

By Charles Igbo

Former Vice Presidential Candidate under the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 Presidential Election, Peter Obi, says he will run for the office of the President in 2023.

Speaking in an interview with Njenje TV on Monday, January 31, 2022, Obi, a former two-term Governor of Anambra State, stated that he has the capacity to turn Nigeria around. Obi, however, gave the condition under which he would run.

To run, Obi said, would depend on his Party. And that would also depend on two conditions. If his Party, the PDP, zones the office to the South, he would run. If the Party, also, throws it open, he will run. But if the Party zones it to the North, as it did in 2019, he will not run.

Obi: “All the Elections that I have followed in the past,  the Party that I belong to today, the PDP,  made a pronunciation and took a stand. At least, in 2019 when I was involved, where I can say Atiku graciously chose me as his running mate which I eternally remain grateful to him for, the Party decided that the candidate should come from the North.

“I believe that the Party owes it a duty to say where its stand  is. If the stand today is South, be rest assured I am aspiring. If they say North, I can’t do otherwise. If they choose the option that everybody is free, then, of course, you will be hearing from me.”

He urged Nigerians to, in 2023, focus on a President that has competence and integrity.

Obi has been under pressure from people of all walks of life to go ahead and run for the office of the President in 2023.

The South-east is asking all Political Parties in Nigeria to, for the sake of equity and justice, zone the office of the President in 2023 to the South-east.

In Obi’s PDP, from the North, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal declared interest in the office of the President on Monday, January 3, 2022. Just before him, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki had declared interest.

Atiku is, also warming -up. And so is Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed.

There is a strong speculation that former Kano State Governor, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso will also take a shot at the seat.

From the South-east, former Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim and former boss of Niemeth Pharmaceuticals, Sam Ohuabunwa, have both declared interest. For now, Anyim remains the frontrunner, and says he would run for the office whether his Party zones it to the South or not.