A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ebonyi State, Peter Okeh, has said that the former Governor of Anambra State and the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi is more acceptable and competent to fly the presidential ticket of the party in the 2027 general elections.
This was as he observed that the forthcoming presidential election will be a contest between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Nigerians, and not the adopted ADC that has been adopted by the coalition leaders.
He spoke during a meeting with journalists in Abakaliki on Sunday, saying Nigerians were facing the worst economic crisis of their lives.
Okeh said that “I actually believe that Mr. Peter Obi is the best person to head the coalition. He has all it takes to win the election. Politics they say is local and Peter Obi has solid grassroot followers in-the Obidient Movement behind him.
“He has also learnt a lot of lessons from the experience of 2023. In addition, things are very much different now.
“He has reached out and traveled the nooks and crannies of this country, much more than he did before the 2023 general elections.
“Furthermore, Nigerians have tasted the bitter pill of the current government and as such, people are now more united against the government in power than ever.
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“Finally, I think many Nigerians will be uncomfortable to see that the Southern part of the country are not allowed to complete the eight years tenure as has now become the norm in our politics.”
He said that he was thrilled with the birth of the coalition because it’s an amazing development in the political history of the country.
“It was indeed a relief that in the context of abject poverty, extreme hunger, monumental corruption, insecurity and state capture that the APC government has unleashed on Nigerians, a group of eminent Nigerians can come together to form a formidable force to stem the tide and to save democracy in our country.
“Absolutely yes. This is because the coalition has all it takes to defeat the current government.
“Look, the next election will be an election like no other, it will be an election between the APC versus all the suffering Nigerians home and abroad.
“This time, Nigerians will protect their votes and no one will be given a free ride to rig the election like they did in the past,” Okeh declared.