Monday July 07, 2025
By Idorenyin UMOREN
Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has declared that he is contesting to be Nigeria’s president and not a running mate to Atiku Abubakar.
While appearing on Channels TV’s ‘Sunday Politics’, Obi refuted claims that he was considering a vice presidential slot under Atiku or any other candidate ahead of the 2027 elections.
The former Anambra Governor expressed confidence in his qualification to run for the nation’s highest office.
When asked whether he was considering becoming the running mate to Atiku, in the 2027 election, Obi said, “This is not in play; nobody has ever discussed that. People assume so many things. Nobody has ever discussed with me whether I am going to be A or B or C.”
The former Anambra State governor stressed that he remain a vibrant member of the Labour Party though he is an active member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, coalition adopted by the opposition to unseat President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who is eyeing a second term of four years in office in 2027.
“I am part of the coalition which will be able to produce a president with the capacity and compassion to save this country,” he said.
Obi further addressed the issue of his purported departure from the Labour Party, clarifying that there was no truth to such reports and that his affiliation with the African Democratic Congress, ADC, was not an act of disloyalty.
“There is nothing anti-party in the decision. We are not abandoning where we are. We are going there together. What is constant is that we have agreed to work together.”
