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Peter Obi 2023 – Sampson Uchenna Charles Denies Rumours of Legal Tussle with Obi
9Jun By adminNo Comments
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Peter Obi 2023 – Sampson Uchenna Charles Denies Rumours of Legal Tussle with Obi

Nigerians were recently shocked at the news that Peter Obi and his candidacy of the Labour party were in peril as a result of some internal crises. One of the persons mentioned in this news is Sampson Uchenna Charles. Sampson Uchenna Charles, the founder of FOUNDATION For A New Nigeria and the SUC Organizations, was said to have contested the emergence of Peter Obi as the presidential candidate for the Labour Party. Responding on his Facebook page and via a Press Release, he has come out to debunk this claims. In his press release and Facebook post, he said: "It has come to my notice this morning that I Sampson Uchenna Charles, took Governor Peter Obi to Court over the LP Presidential Candidacy. "Let it be on record that Peter Obi is an Igbo elder statesman and also my older b...
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Peter Obi 2023: INEC Does Not Recognize Faction Labour Party
9Jun By adminNo Comments
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Peter Obi 2023: INEC Does Not Recognize Faction Labour Party

Peter Obi and his quest to contest for the 2023 presidential election appeared to have suffered a major set back with the announcement of a faction of the Labour Party emerging with a different candidate. It is still now clear how this will play out. See Also: 2023: Fresh Trouble For Peter Obi In LP As Faction Emerges While Peter Obi's supporters await the determination of the courts on the issue, one thing that they can still take some comfort in is that according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, the only recognized Labour Party is the one lead by Julius Abure, which is also the one for which Peter Obi is its Presidential flag bearer. We shall provide updates as they unfold.
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2023: Fresh Trouble For Peter Obi In LP As Faction Emerges
9Jun By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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2023: Fresh Trouble For Peter Obi In LP As Faction Emerges

There is trouble brewing within the Labour Party (LP), as Jude Ezenwafor, a former chairman of the party in Anambra State, has been declared the winner of the presidential primary organised by a faction of the party. Ezenwafor’s affirmation took place in Abuja on Wednesday. “I am on a rescue mission to free Nigeria from social, economic and political crises currently bedevilling it. “Labour Party will win the general election. Our party is going to take over Nigeria and bring back the glory Nigeria needs. “I have been in the corridors of government for the past 20 years. We are here on a rescue mission,” NAN quoted Ezenwafor as saying. Read Also: Why I Joined Labour Party – Peter Obi The development comes days after a former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, was ele...
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2023: We’re Not Slaves, We’ll Support Obi — PDP Chieftain
5Jun By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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2023: We’re Not Slaves, We’ll Support Obi — PDP Chieftain

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Imo State, Mr. Paul Amadi, has said the South-East would support the candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi, to win the 2023 presidential election. Amadi, who stated this yesterday in Owerri, said: “Obi is the best candidate to turn Nigeria around for good. Nigeria is lying on its back like a fallen warrior and this is no time to delay in handing her to the right doctor for restoration. Continuing, Amadi described the exit of Obi from the PDP as the saddest day of his life. “I thought the PDP knows better and believes in the spirit of equity. I wonder if the party can muster the kind of political strength needed to push such a haven for misfits, bigoted and corrupt folks aside, for the good of Nigeria. Wherever Peter Obi ...
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Obi Would Have Been My Presidential Running Mate – Kwankwaso
31May By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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Obi Would Have Been My Presidential Running Mate – Kwankwaso

A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, has said a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, might have become his running mate if the latter had joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party, instead of the Labour Party, after exiting the Peoples Democratic Party. Kwankwaso, who is now presidential candidate of the NNPP, said the party would hold its presidential primary next week, even though he was the only aspirant who obtained the forms of the NNPP. The presidential aspirant also said the NNPP would shop for a popular vice-presidential candidate from the South after its national convention. Kwankwaso who featured on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television, on Monday, was asked about the reports that Obi was to continue hi...
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Why I Quit PDP, Presidential Primary –Peter Obi
26May By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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Why I Quit PDP, Presidential Primary –Peter Obi

Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has explained that “recent developments” within the Peoples Democratic Party were responsible for his resignation from the opposition party and withdrawal from its presidential primary slated for end of May. Obi was one of the 15 PDP presidential aspirants cleared by the Senator David Mark-led Presidential Screening Committee last month. However, the ex-governor, in a statement addressed to the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, explained that the recent developments won’t make it possible for him to make “constructive contributions”. The letter was titled, ‘Resignation From Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Withdrawal from the Presidential Contest’. Obi said, “I am writing to intimate you of my resignation from the Peoples D...
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Support Groups Hold One-million Man March For Obi Saturday
21May By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
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Support Groups Hold One-million Man March For Obi Saturday

A coalition of groups rooting for a former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, from within and outside Nigeria, said they have concluded arrangements to organise a one-million-man march in solidarity and support of the presidential bid. The march, which would hold across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, would be anchored by the Coalition for Peter Obi, which is made up of more than a dozen of Obi support groups. Chairman of the coalition, Mr Marcel Ngogbehei, in a statement issued on Friday, said the support groups included, Peter Obi Support Network, Like Minds for Peter Obi, Nigeria Needs Peter Obi, TakeBackNaija, Women for Peter Obi, Associates of Peter Obi, Peter Obi FC, Peter Obi movement for president, Associates of Peter Obi, Peter Obi Candidacy Movement...
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Nigeria Needs Problem Solver, Not Consensus Candidate —Peter Obi
20Apr By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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Nigeria Needs Problem Solver, Not Consensus Candidate —Peter Obi

Peter Obi A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential aspirant in the 2023 general election, and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday, explained that Nigerians did not need a consensus candidate but a problem solver that can fix Nigeria. Obi who met with PDP delegates and other officials of the Party, at Salt Lake Hotel, Abakaliki, added that Nigerians were looking forward to having somebody that can make Nigeria productive and pull Nigerians out of poverty. He lamented that the country was presently “insecure. Nigeria is not unified and Nigeria is unproductive and it is collapsing.” According to him: “Going by the enormity of Nigeria’s problems, they are not looking for a consensus candidate. They are looking forward to somebody who will start solving t...
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Presidential Bids: Peter Obi Meets Obaseki, Emmanuel Lobby NASS Caucus
14Apr By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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Presidential Bids: Peter Obi Meets Obaseki, Emmanuel Lobby NASS Caucus

Peter Obi A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Obi; and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State have urged the party to embrace justice, fairness, and equity in the selection of the candidate to fly the party’s flag in the 2023 presidential election, noting that Nigerians must make sacrifices to move the country forward. Obi, who was in Edo State on Wednesday, said Nigerians must make sacrifices to overcome the country’s current challenges so as to build a better and progressive Nigeria for citizens and future generations. He stated, “As you know, I am one of the people in my party aspiring to serve this country. My aspiration is borne out of the fact that our country is going through a lot of challenges.  We will need to all make sacrifices in buildi...
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Peter Obi Declares Intention To Contest For 2023 Presidential Election 
24Mar By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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Peter Obi Declares Intention To Contest For 2023 Presidential Election 

Former governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi, Thursday declared interest to contest for 2023 presidential race. Obi disclosed this when he met with Anambra Traditional rulers. The  video was posted by Oseloka H. Obaze on his Twitter handle. See Also: FG’s GDP Growth Insignificant With Rising Poverty – Peter Obi Born July, 19, 1961, Obi a Nigerian politician and businessman, was the vice presidential candidate in the 2019 Nigerian general elections under the People’s Democratic Party P.D.P. He was a former governor of Anambra state from 2006 to 2013. He handed over to Willie Obiano. Source: Vanguard
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