2023: I’m waiting for PDP – Peter Obi

Former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has declared his intention to aspire to the office of the president of Nigeria, come 2023 presidential election.

Obi, however, said his aspiration is hinged on the decision of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to zone the presidency to the South.

The PDP Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2019 election told an online medium that though he has the capacity to effect requisite change on the country’s fortune, he would wait until the PDP decides which zone will produce the party’s candidate.

“All the elections that I followed in the past, the party that I belong to today, the PDP made a pronunciation (pronouncement) 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.

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“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 country, advised all Nigerians 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 a conscience. “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 a 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.”