Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has declared that he must be president of Nigeria.
Obi, who
came third in the 2023 presidential election, said this at the presentation of
a book entitled: “Peter Obi: Many voices, one Perspectives”, in Awka, Anambra
State capital, on Friday.
The book
presentation was designed to raise fund to enable Mr Peter Obi pursue his
ongoing election court case.
“Anyone who
thinks I’m on transit is wasting his time. Let me tell you, I must be the
president of this country. I’m sure of that. If it is not today, it must be
tomorrow.”
“Other
people who want to be, should come and tell us what they want to do, and how to
do it. This is my country, I don’t have dual citizenship. If anyone thinks I am
going to run away from Nigeria, they are lying.
“I have
three engagements in Anambra and Lagos today. I will be speaking in Lagos
tonight. We will not leave Nigeria. I am not in a hurry to become the
president, but I know it must happen.
“For three
years I was in court in Anambra to reclaim my governorship, just to challenge
the process. Many people tried to discourage me, but I said even if the entire
four years tenure elapsed for us to prove a point and correct the process, I
will be fulfilled.
“I was in an
event yesterday in Abuja, and it was World Food Organisation. I listened to
report that stated that Nigeria will face intense hunger in years to come.
“It is
Nigeria that will face hunger, not Peter Obi. The report listed Borno, Adamawa
and Yobe as the states that will be worse hit, but those three states put
together are five times larger in land mass of Israel, yet Egypt exports food,
but Nigeria cannot feed itself.
“So we must
cultivate a habit of doing the right thing. If we don’t do the right thing, it
will consume us some day.”
“I must be
the president of this country; if not today, it will be next time. I’m not
desperate; I’m not in a hurry. I’m committed to cause of better Nigeria,” he
said.
Obi also
said he would respect the decision of the court in the ongoing electoral
dispute.
“We are
peaceful, we are not going to quarrel with any politician. Don’t be discourage
about my apologies to people. As youth, we cannot fight our fathers, even when
we are right.”
“We are not
going to riot . I am in Nigeria; I don’t not have dual citizenship; I will not
run away; we must be here to right the wrong in the country,” he stated.
Obi of
Onitsha, Igwe Afred Achebe, Catholic bishop of Awka diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus
Ezeokafor, were among dignitaries at the event.
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