The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, says the coalition with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is facing setbacks due to unresolved issues around zoning and rotation of key political offices.
Obi, who made the remarks during a YouTube interview with ‘Advocacy for Good Governance’ on Wednesday, emphasised the need for clarity and nlconsensus within the alliance.
The former Anambra State governor, who insisted that he remains a member of the LP, stressed that the coalition must settle internal disagreements and align on a common vision for Nigeria.
Obi said, “Today, I’m a member of the Labour Party, and I subscribe to the coalition, ADC Coalition for the 2027 election. I believe in it. But as much as I believe in it, I need to know the fundamentals that we all agree to respect. What are we going to do for the average Nigerian person? Because we are not different people. We are still part of the political class. So it’s not as if they were a bunch of new people.
Yes, I respect all those who are leaders there. Of course, our Chairman, David Mark, is one of those people I respect, and I believe he has the political sagacity to lead the party. And so are so many others we have there, people like my own leader, Atiku, somebody for whom I have all my respect and believe in the good of Nigeria. But in all this, there are still some fine lines that we need to respect, where things must be done properly, where we must sit down and talk about where we’re driving the country to. Because, like I said, we are not new people; we’re the same political class. So we must come with new ideas that Nigerians will trust.
“We must come with new things, new perspectives, and we must try to see how we can give Nigeria the alternative that will come with competence, character, capacity, commitment, and compassion to drive this new vehicle, because it’s important.
“We can’t just say, ‘Oh, we don’t like what these people are doing. Let them go.’ If they go, what is the alternative? We’ve done that in 2015: ‘Let this man just go,’ and he went.”
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