Nobody can capture South East with defections, says Peter Obi

By John Alechenu

Abuja: Presidential campaigner of the Labour Party successful the 2023 election, Peter Obi has said ongoing defections by authorities governors successful the South East cannot warrant the governmental seizure of the zone.

Obi said this successful effect to enquiries from reporters successful Abuja.

Reporters asked him to respond to the gale of defections presently sweeping the South East wherever helium hails from.

This was contained successful a connection released by his media team, successful Abuja, connected Wednesday.

Obi explained that Nigeria was presently a ideology not nether subject regularisation wherever states tin beryllium “captured.”

According to him, the radical volition yet determine wherever to go, not governors oregon Senators, nary enactment volition seizure oregon triumph immoderate authorities conscionable due to the fact that it has a governor.

Speaking specifically connected the defection of the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, and APC’s alleged determination to seizure the South-East for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, Obi said, “Peter Mbah is simply a bully person of mine. And I judge that arsenic governor, helium indispensable person taken his determination based connected his ain governmental views and calculations.

“As for the alleged crippled to seizure the South-East, we are not successful a subject clip erstwhile you seizure people. You are a leader. You thin to bash the close things for them to travel you. So I don’t deliberation anybody is capturing anywhere.

“The authorities needs to bash much if it wants the radical to enactment it.”

Speaking connected the planned protestation for the merchandise of Nnamdi Kanu by governmental activistic Omoyele Sowore, the erstwhile Anambra State Governor said, “I’ve ever been accordant connected Nnamdi Kanu’s situation.

“There was nary request for his apprehension successful the archetypal place. And I’ve ever said that for me, I volition consult, negociate and sermon with anybody who is agitating. I said it intelligibly and I stay there.

“I convey those who are really trying to bash oregon accidental what we’ve been saying for a agelong time. Go and cheque what I’ve said earlier 2020, 2022 and adjacent 2024.

“And present that it has gone to court, the rules should beryllium followed. Not conscionable for Nnamdi Kanu, but for each agitators crossed the nation. Let’s dialog with them.

“There’s thing incorrect with anybody agitating oregon saying let’s dialog with them. And immoderate we bash with them, let’s travel the rules. So I convey the organisers and those who are involved.”

On his expectations from the caller INEC seat up of the 2027 election, Obi declared, “Very simple. He’s a Nigerian. We privation a caller Nigeria wherever elections volition beryllium free, just and credible and our radical who person the competence, capacity, compassion, quality and committedness to pb the federation are elected.

“It’s for the bully of everybody. None of america is going to beryllium present forever, and nary of america is going to beryllium successful his presumption forever. So immoderate presumption we find ourselves in, it’s to bash the close thing. So I privation him well.

“When helium (Amupitan) is confirmed, I volition congratulate him and archer him to cognize that 1 time he’s going to permission that post. Let him guarantee that helium keeps his reputation.”

Obi was said to person spoken to reporters connected the sidelines of a run alongside the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Chairmanship campaigner for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), successful the February 2026 FCT Council elections, Dr Moses Paul, connected a sojourn to LEA Nursery/Primary School, Kapwa, a suburb of Abuja, said acquisition is the bedrock of immoderate society.

He besides decried the dilapidated authorities of the school, noting that the schoolhouse furnishings is successful “irreparable conditions.”

Obi wondered wherefore a schoolhouse with implicit 200 pupils had nary toilet facilities, and promised to springiness the schoolhouse a facelift.

He said, “The astir important happening we tin bash arsenic a federation is to put successful basal education. Investment successful children is the astir important.

“I americium present contiguous to enactment my brother, Dr Moses Paul, the ADC campaigner contesting for the AMAC Council. You cognize helium is campaigning and going circular the communities successful his constituency.”

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