Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has claimed that those responsible for Nigeria’s and Nigerians’ current sociopolitical and economic difficulties are not prepared to oppose him and that there will be danger if everyone starts to support him.
Obi debunked the rumour that some politicians in the South-East were not backing him when he spoke in Enugu, the capital of Enugu State, just after signing the register of condolences for the late Prof. George Obiozor, President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo whose passing, according to him, had caused every Igbo person to feel a sense of loss because of his contributions to the development of the Igbo nation.
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“What is happening is that some people have different opinions, everybody should not support me and everybody will not support me. In fact, if everybody supports me, there is danger. Some will disagree.
“Some people have a structure that has brought us to this juncture where we produce 133 million people who are poor; where our primary health care has collapsed; where we have 20 million out-of-school children; where we have almost 40 per cent unemployment, with 60 per cent youth unemployment, and where we have the highest youth job prevent in the world.
“So, they will not support me but I urge all of us to remember that we need to build a new Nigeria. Nobody is against me, what people have is different opinion which is allowed in a democratic dispensation,” he said.
Obi paid the late Ohanaeze leader eloquent honours by saying: “I feel very sad that he died this very trying time of our nation. If you know Prof Obiozor and his contributions over the years to our country, Nigeria and to the South-East, you will know that every Igbo person feels a sense of loss but we cannot question God.”
