Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi on Monday called on political leaders and Nigerians to unite in efforts to tackle poverty, hunger and insecurity ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
Obi spoke at the commissioning of the presidential campaign office of Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde in Abuja. Makinde is the presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, while Obi is running on the platform of the Nigeria Democratic Congress.
Obi said Makinde is qualified to seek the presidency and stressed that Nigerians should support whoever emerges winner from a credible election.
“What we are doing today is to show you that, for us, we don’t have desperation. We want the people of Nigeria to make their choice. Whoever they choose, all of us will come together to build a new Nigeria,” Obi stated.
He warned that the country cannot continue on its current path.
“We can’t all continue the way we are going today. Our people are hungry. Our people are poor. Our people are insecure. Whoever wins, genuinely, from a free, fair and credible election, we all want to work together to save this country from collapse,” he said.
Obi added that the shared goal must be improving living conditions for ordinary citizens.
“We declare here the social guarantee to assure you that we are changing the politics. We don’t want politics of quarrel, politics of disagreement. Let our quarrel be to feed our people. Let our quarrel be to pull our people out of poverty. We want a Nigeria where a child of nobody can be somebody without knowing anybody,” he said.
“That’s what we want. And all of us will work as a family. And I assure you that we remain united in our rescue for our dear country, Nigeria.”
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is also in the race on the platform of the African Democratic Congress.
