The Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday said 18 sitting governors across the board are behind the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi.
The apex Igbo socio-political group disclosed this in a statement issued by its secretary general, Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro.
The organisation also said some former presidents and elder statesmen were also in support of the LP candidate.
He said Obi’s soaring popularity has become a movement to take back Nigeria from the days of locusts, greedy and selfish politicians, stressing that Obi’s followers who stage rallies in major cities in Nigeria “are determined to make a political change through the ballot box with a third force presidency.”
“This is a movement to take back Nigeria from the days of locusts, greedy and selfish politicians.
“It is a movement to rescue the country from adversity, economic slump, ASUU strike, insecurity, and corruption.
“Nigerians have demonstrated readiness to take back their country through the ballot box and it behooves the INEC to make the votes count.
“As we speak, about 18 governors from the north and the south, cutting across party lines, are behind the scenes putting up structures for Obi to win the 2023 election. In addition, some former presidents and elder statesmen are in support of Obi’s candidature.
“They are all convinced that Obi has something different from all the other candidates.
“We are glad that for the first time in the recent past, Nigerians are united in the dethronement of misgovernance in Aso Rock. They are determined to make a political change through the ballot box with a third force presidency.
“This is the first time we are seeing such a strong political movement in Nigeria that is not being sponsored by politicians, but rather the masses on the project,” Ohanaeze stated.
