Good day ladies and gentlemen, and thank you so much for your interest in reading this piece of mine. It is as a result of the critical moments ahead of us in the build up to the 2027 Presidential Election that gave birth to this piece here. And before I go on, please, I want to appeal to the Obidient Movement members in Edo State in particular, and across Nigeria in general. Conquering any battle starts with building bridges, and should you ever sellout your camp for some peanuts to the opponent, not only your team would be conquered, but your very self inclusive. This is the more reason you have to choose your battles carefully, putting measures in place to not only be at the offensive, but equally playing a defense mechanism to safeguard your team's success. On this note, I welcome you all on board. Thank you.
Chapter One.
Is Peter Obi An Independent Presidential Candidate?
HE Peter Obi, has never been an independent candidate beginning with his reign as the governor of Anambra State in 2006, till 2014, when he completed his governorship stewardship. In fact, Nigeria does not even support an independent candidate in the first place.
In 2019, he ran as a Vice Presidential Candidate with HE Atiku Abubakar, former Vice President of Nigeria. And in the just concluded 2023 Presidential Election, Peter Obi ran for the office the president, with a promise to move Nigeria from consumption to production.
In all of the cited instances above, Mr. Peter Obi has never been an independent candidate, but A POLITICAL PARTY SPONSORED CANDIDATE for all the public government offices he has ever ran and aspired in the past. I hope this will enlighten us on why the EDO2024 is in perspective here.
Chapter Two.
Raising LP Governors Across The Board
In chapter one, I tried to establish the fact that a candidate vying for any political office today in Nigeria, has to be sponsored by a political party, meaning such a person must be a member of the political party under which he/she seek the position for the election.
Having said that, Labour Party (LP) is the present political party that Peter Obi belongs. When he ran for the office of the governor of Anambra State, he was in APGA. As a vice presidential candidate, he was in PDP. And in the 2023 Presidential election, he ran under the Labour Party, and he is still a member of LP till this very second.
Therefore, should Peter Obi made himself available in the 2027 presidential election to run for the presidency, and maybe under the present Labour Party he currently belongs, you and I would agree that Peter Obi needs more Labour Party governors across Nigeria to stand a better chance against the hawks and the establishment that has kept Nigeria in the dark over the years.
Presently, HE Alex Otti of Abia State is the ONLY EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR under the LP umbrella, and thanks to God, he is performing well. So, more Labour Party governors are needed to swell the support base for Peter Obi as the 2027 presidential election draws closer.
Chapter Three.
Obidient Movement As A Vehicle
The Obidient Movement, though not a political party, but somehow a pressure group that was born after the #EndSARS debacle. Obidient Movement became the major support group that chested every resources all by themselves to promote the candidacy of Peter Obi for the Presidency through the Labour Party. Nigeria will not forget in a hurry the impact of the Obidient Movement in the successes recorded by the Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential election. The 1 million man match across Nigeria for Peter Obi became the driving force that Labour Party leveraged on to have some members of the National Assembly today under the Labour Party emblem.
Although the elected members of the National Assembly under the Labour Party in 2023 are a total disappointment to the Obidient Movement members today, due largely to their connivance with the status quo, but it can still be counted that the Obidient Movement is the brain behind their winning of their elections. This is an uncontestable fact.
With this in place, the successes of Peter Obi cum Labour Party in the 2023 Presidential election can be attributed to the resilience of the members of the Obidient Movement, who were mocked, bastardized, dehumanized, and called all sorts of unprintable names. Imagine a group of 4 people tweeting in a room was able to upturned tables, resets the establishment strongholds on the defenseless voters. That alone is the reason that the Obidient Movement has become a force to be reckoned with today, although a lot of its members has switched camps for the wrong reasons.
On this note, I am appealing to the members of Obidient Movement who have switched camps for the wrong reasons to please, slow down and rethink their actions. Will a PDP governor boasts that he will mobilize his cabinet, party faithfuls and others to vote a Peter Obi on another party ticket come 2027? Please, think about this and amend your ways so as not to put your team on harm's way. A word they say is enough for the wise. Thank you.
Chapter Four.
EDO2024 Governorship Election In Perspective
In my dialect, it is said that ikpian bo kpa mu iru vbe to (one finger can't pick a lice on the hair). My people, truth must be told no matter how hard it may appear.
Now, if you are truly Obidient, and you are for a working Nigeria which Peter Obi represents, you must as a matter of fact support his political party candidate for the EDO2024 governorship election. Then, you replicate the same feat in Anambra State in 2025, and other off circle elections, as well as during the 2027 elections.
The reason for this is simple: Politics is a game of numbers. The more LP governors in Nigeria, the more easier it becomes for Peter Obi to become the President of Nigeria if he chooses to remain in Labour Party. Therefore, don't sell your house to your enemies knowing full well that neither you, your dad, mum, child or relatives will be spared when they (enemies) return to possess the house you sold to them.
Don’t be deceived. All that glitter are not gold altogether.
Thanks and God bless you for your time.
Lugard, wrote from Benin City
