Labour Party’s Peter Obi has received the support of the South-East and Middle Belt Forum.
This was the group’s stance when it held a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. The former governor of Anambra State is ranked higher than all other presidential candidates for next year’s election, according to the forum’s chairman, Olisa Uzowulu.
Uzowulu said, “We are going to go out there and fight for change. That is why you get the South-East, the Middle Belt, the South-South and the South-West to be one body and campaign for Peter Obi. There is no two-way about it.
“The Forum has decided on it. We are going to go out and work for him as a group. There is no choice about that.”
According to the Forum, Obi’s base of support transcends ethnicity, religion, and tribe because the former governor is motivated by people, not by any particular group.
“It is the people that are driving Obi, not even the party. They love him, people want a change. They are tired of the situation,” Uzowulu explained.
“There is nothing to sell to people anymore – it is not tribe, or religion but the belief that we have to move ahead. People are going to make a choice this time, nobody is going to hoodwink them again.”
Therefore, he urged forum participants and supporters in all regions to pick up their Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) and cast their ballots for the Labour Party candidate in large numbers in the coming election.
Along with Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, Obi is one of the front-runners for the presidency.
In the 2019 election, he served as Atiku’s running mate for the main opposition PDP, which fell short to President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC.