2023 Presidency: Obasanjo Reportedly Abandons Atiku, Mobilizes For Peter Obi

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EKO HOT BLOG understands that despite making up with his estranged lieutenant in the build-up to the 2019 election, former President Olusegun Obasanjo is no longer favourably disposed to the 2023 ambition of ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and has now pitched his tent with the Peter Obi presidency project.

Abubakar was in the early hours of this week declared winner of the Peoples Democratic Party primary, after polling 371 votes, to defeat his closest rival and Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, who garnered 237. Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State had stepped down from the race and yielded his supporters to Atiku.

Obasanjo, as an “unrepentant patriot and detribalised former leader of note” is not supporting Atiku this time around because he strongly believes that the next President of the country should come from the South, in the interest of equity, justice and fairness, New Telegraph reports.

The former President was even said to have concluded plans to throw his weight behind the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State. “Let me inform you that Chief Obasanjo’s possible support for Peter Obi is borne out of patriotism and the need for balancing, equity, and justice, considering the plurality of Nigeria,” a source was quoted as saying.

Further investigation by the newspaper revealed that a former Governor of Cross River State has been detailed to galvanize support for Obi, whose proven record of achievements as Governor of Anambra State, coupled with his shrewd business sense, are quite appealing to the former President of the country.

“On the 29th (May), former President (Olusegun) Obasanjo expressed his unhappiness about the outcome of the presidential primary of the PDP. He has (allegedly) commissioned a former Governor of Cross River State, to drive the process of galvanizing support for a Southern Presidency, Obi being the preferred choice.

“As a matter of fact, the former governor is under instruction to bring Obi, and many aggrieved PDP stalwarts and interests together. He assured of his total commitment to the project of ensuring the realisation of a President of Southern extraction, for purposes of equity and fair play.

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“I know as a fact that the former President said he was travelling outside the country, and that when he returned, he would meet with the strategists, including the ex-Anambra chief executive,” one of the sources said, with another adding that, “Obi welcomed the proposed support, and promised the former President of his commitment to a united, peaceful and prosperous country”.