{"id":5444,"date":"2025-07-11T20:54:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=5444"},"modified":"2025-07-11T20:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T20:58:57","slug":"2027-election-i-am-vying-for-nigeria-presidency-nobody-is-better-than-me-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/2027-election-i-am-vying-for-nigeria-presidency-nobody-is-better-than-me-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Election : I am vying for Nigeria Presidency, nobody is better than me &#8211; Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Our Correspondent<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP), in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, disclosed Friday at the flag off of LP gubernatorial election campaign held at All Saints Cathedral Church field Onitsha, Anambra State, that he is vying for Nigeria 2027 Presidential election, declaring that nobody is better than him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Presenting Dr George Moghalu as governorship candidate for the LP in the state for the November 8 election, Obi urged the people to vote for Moghalu, assuring his preparedness to provide dividends\u00a0 of democracy to the people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Obi also clarified reports making the rounds that he had dumped LP for African Democratic Congress, (ADC), insisting that the coalition remained only in 2027 general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">His words,\u00a0 &#8220;Let me state categorically, I and all the members both at the state and national levels are part of the coalition that have adopted ADC for 2027 election.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;But today, we&#8217;re LP members. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re here for this symbolic flag off the campaign for LP flagbearer, Dr George Moghalu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We urge you to go to your constituencies and convince people. You live in Anambra so I don&#8217;t need to tell you what&#8217;s happening here. You can access yourselves.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Governance for me is about compassion and empathy, caring for the lowly, petty traders. It&#8217;s not these same poor masses you collect tax from.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve governed Anambra state and I don&#8217;t boast of things I didn&#8217;t do. I ensured quality education and healthcare. They&#8217;re all verifiable.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;You might have heard that the only thing I did was building brewery. But the same brewery didn&#8217;t only give employment to thousands of people but was the highest tax payer and IGR industry.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;You can compare that with the fun city you have today and which one is more profitable,&#8221; he further added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Describing the Deputy Governorship candidate, Ifeoma Okaro as organized, Obi said, &#8220;we chose female deputy governor because we want to care for families. She&#8217;s not only popular, but organized.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Let me remind you that I&#8217;m contesting President in 2027 and I&#8217;m serious about it. Everyone has right to contest, but none of them is better than me. I have the backing of the senators, representatives and others.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking, Moghalu pledged to serve with the fear of God, assuring he would not disappoint the trust reposed in him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;If we begin to enumerate all we&#8217;re going to do, we&#8217;ll sleep here. But my pledge to you today is that my deputy and I will serve with the fear of God.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;All will be happy, children will go to school, roads will be built, agriculture will blossom. We won&#8217;t disappoint or put you to shame.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;People will pay tax, but not with pestle. We won&#8217;t collect taxes with pestle. All in our manifesto,\u00a0 we will make sure that every promise is implemented to the latter. None will be left out.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Remember, the battle before us is not the type fought carrying snuff in hands. We must go back to our various wards and polling units to convince the people that Anambra will be better under LP,&#8221; he restated.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also speaking, Senators representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh and his Anambra North counterpart, Tony Nwonye pledged to support Moghalu to ensure victory at the poll.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP), in the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, disclosed Friday at the flag off of LP gubernatorial election campaign held at All Saints Cathedral Church field Onitsha, Anambra State, that he is vying for Nigeria 2027 Presidential election, declaring that nobody is better than him. 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