Former Anambra State governor and presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi has yielded to the pressure of his support group to leave the PDP in order to realize his presidential ambition.
The Coalition for Peter Obi (COP) group advised the former governor to move to another political party so he can be at at peace with himself and not to involve himself in political practices that will put a dent on his personality.
They proceeded to warn him of what will become of his political career if he refuses to leave the PDP saying the party is made up of sketchy representatives bought by money bags who will vote in the party’s presidential primary.
The spokesperson of the coalition, Zubairu Mohammad, said that politicians within the PDP who had no previous verifiable source of livelihood before joining politics are doling out hundreds of millions of dollars to buy the delegates that will vote at the forthcoming PDP presidential primary.
“Recent developments within the leadership of PDP is very pathetic as many chieftains of the party have ganged up to frustrate the presidential ambition of genuine and decent presidential aspirants, thereby encouraging unscrupulous politicians with no verifiable sources of income to throw money around,
“They are well known individuals in the party who are doing everything possible within their powers to block any chance for credible aspirants to emerge.
“The party seems to have adopted an unwritten rule of tacitly encouraging the looting of state resources for party politics
“Many of these political merchants are envious of the nationwide acceptability and sterling performance of Peter Obi both in the public and private sector, making them do everything possible to thwart the former governor of Anambra state’s presidential ambition.
“Therefore, as a coalition which consists of more than 17 groups with ten million active voters, we call on his Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi to dump PDP and look for another political platform with people of like mind to pursue his presidential ambition to enable him help salvage our sinking nation.” Mohammad said.
