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2023: Trouble For LP As 17 Anambra Monarchs Dump Peter Obi To Back Atiku

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Oct 30, 2022.

17 Anambra Monarchs have dumped Peter Obi to back Atiku.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a group of monarchs in Anambra State has reportedly declared their interest in supporting the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming 2023 general elections.

This online media platform gathered that Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was a two-term Governor in Anambra State.

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The said traditional rulers, all from the Idemili North and South local government areas of Anambra, however, shunned their former state governor to support the candidate of the PDP.

Stating their reason for backing Atiku, the monarchs said the Wazirin Adamawa and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, are getting their full support because of the support received from a chieftain of the PDP in Anambra, Prof Obiora Okonkwo.

The traditional rulers present were from the 17 communities that make up Idemili North and South.

Recall that Okonkwo was named the director of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in the state a few days ago.

In his remark at a meeting held in Ogidi, the headquarters of the Idemili North Local Government Area on Saturday, the Chairman of Idemili North and South Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe C. C. Agbala, said the support for the PDP was in the interest of the Igbos.

Agbala said, “We can no longer continue in opposition as a region; we have endured enough and must get our region back to national politics. You have our unalloyed support and blessings. With you, we are comfortable supporting (an) Atiku Abubakar’s presidency, knowing that you have a record of always standing in the line of progress, development, and stability.”