Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi says he will
contest in the 2023 presidential election if his party, the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), throws it open for all to contest or zones it to the south.
Obi, who was PDP’S vice-presidential candidate in the 2019
presidential polls, was quoted as saying this during a press interview.
A press release by his media aide, Mr Val Obienyem, quoted
Obi as saying he is capable of turning around the fortunes of the country but
will wait on the decision of the PDP before he declares his intention.
“All the elections that I followed in the past, the party
that I belong to today, the PDP made a pronunciation and took a stand. At least
in 2019 when I was involved, where I can say Atiku graciously chose me as his
running mate which I remain eternally grateful to him for, the party decided
that the candidate should come from the North and that was what the party
decided.
“And I believe that the party owes it a duty to say what
their stand is. If their stand today is south, be rest assured I am aspiring, if
they say north, I can’t do otherwise or they chose the option that everybody is
free, then, of course, you will be hearing from me,” he said.
The former governor, while affirming his commitment to
building a better Nigeria, advised all and sundry to choose a candidate who is
competent and most importantly has integrity.
“What we are looking for in this country today are people of
integrity, people of conscience, people who are less greedy. Educational
qualification is not a measure of integrity; it doesn’t guarantee that somebody
is less greedy or that people have conscience,” he said.
“I have seen people here acquire what they don’t need. I saw
it while I was serving, to fight corruption here, you need somebody who has
integrity, who is not greedy, who has conscience if you have that, fighting
corruption is easy, because, if you who is in charge is not stealing, you will
reduce stealing by 50 to 70 per cent.
“And it is critical that you have somebody who is like that.
It is not when people are acquiring lands, houses, everything they don’t need;
they want to live a lifestyle that is far beyond the economy of Nigeria, far
beyond their earnings, that is why the place is collapsing. That is why we have
insecurity, that is why we have poverty. We need to manage the costs
efficiently and these are the critical areas as you people know as you look for
people who will govern the country in the future”, he added.
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