The Nation
Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant Peter Obi may either join the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the Labour Party (LP) or the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) to puruse his ambition, it was learnt yesterday.
The former governor of Anambra State, who quit the race also dumped the opposition party, which he had defected to from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2018.
Obi was running mate to the 2019 presidential candidate of the party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
His exit may have dimmed hope for PDP presidential aspirants from the Southeast.
Sources said Obi was uncomfortable with the neglect of zoning by the PDP and its decision to throw the ticket open to aspirants from the North and South.
Obi’s resignation was shocking to many party chieftains, who believed he had run a neat campaign ahead of the primary scheduled for Saturday.
Having been frustrated in PDP, Obi is said to be weighing options between the SDP and the LP for his presidential aspiration, the source said.
It was learnt that talks were going underground between Obi and the two parties.
An insider in Obi’s camp, who spoke with our correspondent, said Obi’s resignation from PDP did not amount to withdrawal from the presidential race.
The source, who is a confidant of the former governor, said: “Obi has not given up his presidential ambition, but he only left the PDP to pursue his aspiration elsewhere. That is the position now.
“From the evaluation of the situation in PDP, the gang up of governors and some leaders of the party against him was obvious. It was apparent to him that the presidential primary was not going to be free and fair. Some governors and PDP leaders have shown that Obi was not wanted…
