Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has said Seyi Makinde of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) is qualified to become President of Nigeria.
Obi spoke on Monday at the opening of Makinde’s presidential campaign office in Abuja.
He also said he was ready to work with any candidate who wins the 2027 presidential election ‘genuinely’.
“We want a Nigeria of unity, inclusion; we have a candidate who is contesting for President today, my dear brother Makinde. Is he qualified to be President? Yes, he is qualified.
“What we are doing today, for us is not about desperation but we want Nigerians to make their choice. All of us should come together to build a new Nigeria. We can’t continue the way we are going, our people are hungry and poor.
“Whoever wins genuinely from a free, fair, and credible election, we will all work together to save this country from collapse,” Obi said.
He urged politicians to put unity first, saying the focus should be on improving the lives of Nigerians.
“That’s why I’m here to show solidarity and assure you that we are changing the system, we don’t want politics of quarrel, politics of disagreement. Let our quarrel be to feed our people, we want a Nigeria where the child of nobody can be somebody without knowing anybody,” he added.
