2027 Polls: Obi speaks on merger deal with PDP, NNPP
Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last election, has said there is no merger agreement between the party and any other opposition party.
He made the clarification during a press briefing on the state of the nation in Abuja, on Thursday.
Obi spoke against the backdrop of speculations that the LP had entered into a merger deal with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Moreover, the former Governor of Anambra State did not admit or deny the existence of merger talks, but he was glaringly emphatic that there was “no agreement yet.”
He called on all lovers of Nigeria irrespective of political affiliation to unite because it was only in unity that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) whom he said has “mismanaged” the nation’s resources can be booted out of office.
Speaking further, Obi described Nigeria’s security situation as unfortunate.
He expressed frustration that Nigerians were carelessly being sent to their early graves on account of banditry, terrorism, and kidnapping-for-ransom.
Also, he criticised President Bola Tinubu administration’s assertions of fighting corruption, arguing that corruption levels in Nigeria remain alarmingly high, along with spiralling governance costs that have resulted in soaring public debt.
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Obi highlighted that the situation has been exacerbated by government officials’ reckless mismanagement of public funds in 2024, particularly through frequent foreign travels.
Recall that the LP candidate and his PDP counterpart, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar lost the 2023 presidential election to APC’s Tinubu.
President Tinubu won in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, and also secured the enough votes in several other states to claim the highest number of votes — 8,794,726, almost two million votes more than his closest rival — Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
Atiku, who has ran for the presidential seat a record six times, got 6,984,520 votes, while Obi, a first-time contestant, secured an unprecedented 6,101,533.
NNPP’s Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Kano State governor, finished fourth, claiming victory in his state — Kano. He secured 1,496,687 votes.
