Former Governor of Enugu state, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has asked the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Mr. Peter Obi, to withdraw his petition against the President-Elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and join him in the task of governing Nigeria come May 29, 2023.
In a statement on Sunday, Nnamani, who though was a Senator representing Enugu East under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but who campaigned for Tinubu and launched ferocious attacks on the LP flag bearer, urged Obi and his supporters to align with the ebullience and conviviality of welcoming Tinubu’s victory to the Office of the President.
He stated again that Obi knows he has neither spread nor national appeal to win the Presidential Election, pointing out that what Obi is doing with the petition is “bad belle, petulance and demarketing.”
Launching of the merits of the petition Obi launched at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, Nnamani pontificated: “His (Obi’s) Petition is dead on arrival. He does not have the spread or national appeal. His appeal to non-electoral matters is to demarket the President-elect and besmirch his reputation.
“He does not have near spread and national appeal. His petition is ego-driven, a joke carried too far. His attempt to highlight on non electoral issues is trying to embarrass President-elect.
“Obi needs to come down from his high horse to allow sedate minds to negotiate on behalf of the Igbo and South East for safe landing to include our stake in the national Palavar and Share of the accruals of the commonwealth”
“We must join the mainstream and participate in the making of a new Nigeria. We are not going anywhere. We de kampe and ready to bargain for our own share. It is a common knowledge that others are doing the same.
“Igbo has to confront reality now or be consigned to the backwoods of history. Time to align is now.”