A former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, has asked the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to end his legal challenge against the victory of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the President-elect.
Obi and the Labour Party
have approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to ask for,
among other things, the cancellation of Tinubu's victory over a claim that he
was not constitutionally elected.
With less than forty days to the
inauguration, Nnamani has now asked the former Anambra State governor to
withdraw his petition against the President-elect and team up with him in the
quest for a better nation.
He made this call in a statement issued to
newsmen on Sunday, April 23, 2023, in which he also urged Obi and his
supporters to ebulliently align with welcoming Tinubu's victory to the office
of the president of Africa's biggest democracy.
According to Nnamani, Obi knows that he has
neither the spread nor national appeal to win the February 25 presidential
election, therefore, his petition was induced by “bad belle, petulance and
demarketing.”
Nnamani said, “His Petition is dead on
arrival. He does not have the spread or national appeal. His appeal to
non-electoral matters is to demarket the President-elect and besmirch his
reputation.
“He does not have near spread and national
appeal. His petition is ego-driven, a joke carried too far. His attempt to
highlight non-electoral issues is trying to embarrass President-elect.
Speaking further, the Senator asked Obi to
tone down his opposition against Tinubu to pave the way for negotiations in the
interest of the Southeast region.
He insisted that the Southeast must join the
mainstream and confront the reality now or be consigned to the backwoods of
history.
“Obi needs to come down from his high horse
to allow sedate minds to negotiate on behalf of the Igbo and South East for a safe landing to include our stake in the national Palavar and Share of the
accruals of the commonwealth
“We must join the mainstream and participate
in the making of a new Nigeria. We are not going anywhere. We de kampe and
ready to bargain for our own share. It is common knowledge that others are
doing the same.
“Igbo has to confront reality now or be
consigned to the backwoods of history. Time to align is now,” Nnamani added.
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