Former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, has told his supporters that he will contest the 2027 presidential election on the party’s platform.
Obi stated this when addressing some of his supporters in a viral video circulating on social media on Saturday.
Obi, who was the party’s presidential candidate in 2023, said, “I will still continue to run in the Labour Party. I’m a member of the Labour Party.”
He accused the Federal Government of orchestrating the crisis in political parties.
He said, “What is happening in the Labour Party and the PDP is caused by the government, quote me anywhere.
“We had a problem in our party before, in the past. Yar’Adua was the President. I went to him then; he called the INEC chairman (Prof. Maurice Iwu) and told him I don’t want any problem in any party. We were forced to fix it.
“But today, in all the parties, there are problems; these are deliberate problems caused by the system. These are some of the things I want to clean up if I have the opportunity.
“Parties will function very well because you can’t have a system working without a strong opposition.”
Obi urged Nigerians to ensure that their votes count, because even if agents are paid by political parties to look after their interests, the ultimate decision about whether the people’s votes count rests with voters.
He told Nigerian youths and the electorate not to be discouraged because positive change will also be resisted by those who are beneficiaries of the old order.
Obi called for a retirement age for politicians seeking public office, saying by the time the 2027 election holds, he would be 65 years old, adding that he would not want to be contesting for elections in his 70s.
