2023: Groups Purchase N40m Presidential Form for Peter Obi
In a bid to officially enroll Mr Peter Obi to the presidential battle, a coalition of groups under the umbrella of Like Minds for Peter Obi, on Thursday in Abuja, obtained the Peoples Democratic Party's expression of interest and nomination form for the former Anambra State Governor ahead of the 2023 general election.
Similarly, another group under the coalition, Take Back Nigeria, assured to mobilise 10 million votes from young individuals to give Peter Obi the chance to become the next President of the country.
The leader of Like Minds for Peter Obi, Ekene Nwakuche, while addressing newsmen during the official presentation of forms at Wadata Plaza, the PDP national secretariat, said that the decision to buy the forms for the Vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections was borne out of sheer concern for the nation’s dismal trajectory.
He noted Peter Obi presidency would, among other things, reduce the cost of governance while minimising revenue for widescale development.
He said: "We don’t belong to any political party. We’re just a group of young Nigerian professionals that feel that the country is not going in the right direction and we need someone, a seasoned technocrat that can steer the affairs of the country in the right direction, and cut down the cost of governance.
“We believe that if we cut down the cost of governance, the country would move in the right direction. So we want the country to move forward. We think Peter Obi can steer it forward and we believe in him because we’ve seen what he did in Anambra when he was a governor.
“We’re not in this thing because of any gain. We’re doing it because of our children to come. Because if we don’t get it right this time around, this 2023, I don’t know where we’ll be. If you’re from Nigeria, be it from the north, south, east, west and you know, you want a better Nigeria, I don’t think there’s any other person that you’ll support than Peter Obi.”
Regarding the 10-million-vote assurance, Nwakuche revealed that the Take-Back-Nigeria group will ensure the mobilization of votes before next year.
“There are other groups here that joined us too. Like another nonpartisan group called Take Back Nigeria. And different groups. They want a better Nigeria. And they believe that no other person can do it for us than Peter Obi.
“The Take Back Nigeria group say they will bring 10 million votes, the youth vote to PDP to Peter Obi. So if PDP gets it right and picks Peter, we know that we will deliver Nigeria to you. And we pray that he will lead us to the promised land,” he added.