18 Nigerian Governors Backing Peter Obi ~ Ohaneze

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, has said that about 18 Nigerian governors are behind Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.

This was disclosed in a news release made available to charityreporters on Wednesday by Okechukwu Isiguzoro, the Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide.

He said apart from the unnamed governors, a number of the country’s past leaders were also backing Obi’s candidature.

He disclosed that the governors cut across different political platforms, adding that the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, as well as other political parties, were already afraid of the development.

Ohanaeze, while hailing the courage and the determination of Nigerians who are trooping out in different parts of the country in support of Obi, urged that the momentum be sustained.

“This is a movement to take back Nigeria from the days of locusts, greedy and selfish politicians.

“It is a movement to rescue the country from adversity, economic slump, the ASUU strike, insecurity and corruption.

“Nigerians have demonstrated readiness to take back their country through the ballot box, and it behoves on the INEC to make the votes count,” he said.

The Ohanaeze scribe, while reviewing the ‘Obidients’ rally held across the country, stated that “the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and others are startled by the soaring popularity of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, especially after the Obidients’ Independence Day rallies across the country, cutting across ethnicity and religious lines. The mammoth crowd took the different cities of the country by storm.

“As we speak, about 18 governors from the North and the South, cutting across party lines, are behind the scenes putting up structures for Obi to win the 2023 election. In addition, some former presidents and elder statesmen are in support of Obi’s candidature.

“They are all convinced that Obi has something different from all the other candidates.

“We are glad that, for the first time in recent past, Nigerians are united in the dethronement of misgovernance in Aso Rock. They are determined to make a political change through the ballot box with a third-force presidency.

“This is the first time we are seeing such a strong political movement in Nigeria that is not being sponsored by politicians, but rather the masses own the project.

“You have seen the mass movement across the country and beyond; you have seen even children, the people with special needs, the aged, everyone is part of this movement.”

He reiterated his call on INEC not to truncate the will of the people.

“We are going to hold the commission accountable for their actions. The INEC staff should not scuttle the desire of the people by doing the bidding of money-bag politicians,” he cautioned.