A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Segun Sowunmi, has revealed reasons why the PDP needs a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, back in its fold.
The chieftain of the party offered the explanation why Obi needed to return when he featured on an Arise Television programme on Thursday.
Sowunmi recalled that Obi, who was elected governor twice on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, was brought into national politics when he was appointed as an adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He said it was after that Obi emerged as the vice presidential candidate of the party to Atiku Abubakar in 2019.
He said: “You have to first of all understand that Peter is our gift to the national play.
“Before he came to our party, he used to play only in a small party called APGA.
“Then, we brought him and made him special adviser, or some kind of adviser to Jonathan, which was his first foray into the national play.
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“Then we made him a vice presidential candidate in 2019 with Atiku.
“That was what launched him into the big national space.”
Sowunmi said Obi’s performance in the 2023 presidential election showed what the former Labour Party candidate is capable of doing, stressing that the PDP could see the numbers he would pull if he rejoined the party.
He added: “Now that he has gone to try to be president, we can all recognise and say: ‘Okay, we see the numbers.’
“It is up to him to do whatever he can.
“If we did not give Peter that chance, how would we have known that Peter could do this?”
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