I will support Peter Obi as a standard bearer of the coalition if— Lamido

● Obi’s track record has a mass charm – MBF

The head of the Democratic Party of people (PDP) and former governor of the state of Jigawa, Sule Lamido, said that Peter Obi would enjoy his full support in the 2027 elections if it had emerged as a standard presidential door of the new coalition.

Lamido was answering a question about his probable support for Obi, who is offering himself to serve a single four -year mandate if he wins the presidential polls of 2027.

He said: “If the coalition produces Peter Obi or anyone else committed to saving Nigeria, I will support them. But I will remain PDP”.

Lamido, who was also a minister of foreign affairs between 1999 and 2003, further declared this; “We should have tribal and regional feelings outdated. Leadership should concern competence and vision, not on geography.

“What has the north gained from the production of the greatest number of presidents if the region remains underdeveloped? I am open to any agreement that can face the APC and save Nigeria. I will support those who share that goal.”

According to him, the division into areas between North and South was a creation of the PDP designed to solve a specific problem, which was the cancellation of the elections of 12 June.

“(Zoning) had to be a healing mechanism, a temporary measure to restore trust. But now he has become an albatro,” said Lamido, who was also a minister of foreign affairs between 1999 and 2003.

● The Maintenance Record of Peter Obi’s promise Excite MBF

With the opposition that breaks against President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress sentence (APC), the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), said that, given the Peter Obi track of Reading the promises, the North must stick to him and his promise to serve a mandate in charge if elected president of the country in 2027.

The national president of the MBF, dr. Bitrus Pogu, said that the North would have no choice but to support a candidate from the south that they could be trusted since any move to produce a candidate from the North would not want at the moment.

Pogu said that the support for Peter Obi should be based on his promise of a mandate, just like the former President Goodluck Jonathan because of the fact that the law would have allowed him only one term.

He said: “I mean that a drinner person would not even mind holding a straw thinking that he will save him. So, in the situation in which the North finds himself, I don’t think their choices are many.

“Getting a Northerner to contest is a problem and they must trust someone who has a story of consistency that Peter Obi seems to have.

“But the problem is now, despite his declaration, despite the fact that they can extract an agreement written by him, they will faithfully play their promises of support. This is the problem, because some of them could still say to us again in Atiku or try one of those of the North, but they know that he is not going to sell, they know it very well.

“So they could still go to someone in the South, or someone who will promise him as Peter Obi or someone like former president Jonathan if he is allowed, knowing that he cannot go beyond a mandate. So these are the options they have, because when people lack options, of course, any option is a good option.” [Forefront]

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