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Peter Obi, a former Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023, has said he is not desperate to become President, Vice President, or Senate President.
Obi made the statement in a post on X on Sunday.
“Let me assure all that I am not desperate to be President, Vice President, or Senate President,” Obi wrote.
He said his desperation is for a different kind of Nigeria.
“I am desperate to see a society that can console a mother whose child has been kidnapped or killed while going to school or work,” he said.
“I am desperate to see a Nigeria where people will not live in IDP camps but in their homes. I am desperate for a country where Nigerian citizens do not go to bed hungry, not knowing where their next meal will come from.”
Obi also addressed his departure from the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
He said his decision was not because of any personal wrongdoing by party leaders.
“Let me state clearly: my decision to leave the ADC is not because our highly respected Chairman, Senator David Mark, treated me badly, nor because my leader and elder brother, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, or any other respected leaders did anything personally wrong to me. I will continue to respect them,” he said.
He blamed systemic issues instead, stating, “the same Nigerian state and its agents that created unnecessary crises and hostility within the Labour Party that forced me to leave now appear to be finding their way into the ADC, with endless court cases, internal battles, suspicion, and division.”
Obi has previously left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Labour Party (LP), then moved to the ADC. He is now rumoured to be heading to the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC).
He did not confirm or deny the speculation.
