Erstwhile Governor Chimaroke Nnamani of Enugu State, yesterday, advised presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, to withdraw his petition and work with President-elect Bola Tinubu in reinventing Nigeria.
In a statement, the representative of Enugu East Senatorial District in the National Assembly urged Obi and his supporters to align with the “ebullience and conviviality welcoming Tinubu’s victory to the office of the President of the greatest black nation on earth.”
Nnamani said the Anambra State ex-governor “knows he has neither spread nor national appeal to win the presidential election, as that what Obi is doing with the petition is bad belle, petulance and de-marketing.”
The lawmaker continued: “His petition is dead on arrival. He does not have the spread or national appeal. His appeal to non-electoral matters is to de-market the President-elect and besmirch his reputation. His petition is ego-driven.”
Nnamani advised Obi to “come down from his high horse to allow sedate minds to negotiate on behalf of Igbo and South East for safe landing to include our stake in the national palaver and share of the accruals from the commonwealth.”
He added: “We must join the mainstream and participate in the making of a new Nigeria. We are not going anywhere. We are ready to bargain for our own share. It is a common knowledge that others are doing the same.
“Igbo have to confront reality now or be consigned to dustbin of history. Time to align is now.”
