I Am Contesting Presidency As A Nigerian, Not As South-East Candidate — Peter Obi
LABOUR Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has said though he is Igbo, he was contesting next month’s election as a Nigerian, not a South-East candidate.
He said South-East politicians were behind him, adding that some only had different political viewpoints.
According to him, there would be a danger if everybody in the region supported his presidential ambition.
The LP presidential candidate spoke in Enugu shortly after signing the condolence register for the late President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof George Obiozor, at the National Secretariat of Ohanaeze.
He noted that those who brought Nigerians to the current economic and socio-political problems were the ones that were not supporting him.
“What is happening is that some people have a different opinion. Everybody should not support me and everybody will not support me.
“In fact, if everybody supports me, there is danger. Some will and must disagree.
“Don’t forget that I am trying to change a system where people who brought us here are living off it.
“You think those who left us in this confusion will support me? No. Some people are living off Nigeria as it is today.
“Some people have a structure that has brought us to this juncture where we produce 133 million people that are poor, where our primary health care has collapsed, where we have 20 million out-of-school children, where we have almost 40 per cent unemployment, with 60 per cent youth unemployment, where we have highest youth job prevent in the world.
“So they will not support me but I urge all of us to remember that we need to build a new Nigeria.
