{"id":45092,"date":"2022-10-21T07:49:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T07:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=45092"},"modified":"2022-10-21T07:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T07:49:56","slug":"atiku-is-my-friend-but-obi-is-a-better-candidate-abia-pdp-guber-aspirant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/10\/21\/atiku-is-my-friend-but-obi-is-a-better-candidate-abia-pdp-guber-aspirant\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku is my friend but Obi is a better candidate -Abia PDP guber aspirant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Chief Sampson Orji, the gubernatorial aspirant of People&#8217;s Democratic Party in Abia, has declared his support for Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party\u2019s Presidential Candidate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The gubernatorial aspirant disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Umuahia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Orji, his preference for Obi against PDP\u2019s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was based on Obi\u2019s competence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that he would mobilise support for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/10\/12\/i-am-committed-to-gender-balance-broad-inclusion-of-women-youths-obi\/\"> Obi<\/a>, not because is his fellow Igbo man but for his antecedent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stated: I\u2019m a PDP man till tomorrow but I will support Obi not because he is Igbo but because of what he represents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Obi is a movement. My family and friends will vote for him. Atiku is my friend but Obi is a better candidate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Aside from competence, equity also favours Obi\u2019s candidacy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">South-East is the only zone in Southern Nigeria yet to take its turn at the Presidency.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Why can\u2019t Atiku support Obi, who was his running mate in 2019?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I must speak the truth: What are we gaining in PDP that for 16 years it was in power, Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway is not passable?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">You cannot drive from Umuahia to Ikot Ekpene or Owerri to Umuahia on a good road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">So, it is blindness to tell me to support Atiku, when we have Obi who has shown competence and capacity to take Nigeria out of the woods.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Should I work against him because he is Igbo?, he added.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Orji also gave his support to the candidacy of Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe of APGA for Abia South Senatorial District for the fifth time.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Sen. Abaribe, had aspired for the PDP\u2019s governorship ticket,but later defected to APGA, alleging irregularities in PDP\u2019s three-man delegates congress.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He is being challenged by Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu, who picked the PDP\u2019s ticket for the same constituency.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, Orji, popularly called SCOJ, described Abaribe as too experienced to be sacrificed for Ikpeazu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, Abaribe had proved his mettle in the Upper Chamber, considering his antecedent and pedigree as an experienced lawmaker.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Orji also advised Ikpeazu to step down for Abaribe and not waste his time and resources.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The former Commissioner for Trade and Commerce, argued that it would be a great disservice to Abia South to replace a champion with a fresher.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stated, Asking me to choose between Ikpeazu and Abaribe is like asking one to choose between experience and the lack of it.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abaribe is too experienced to be replaced with a greenhorn, who would only go there to begin to learn the ropes.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Abaribe has performed well in the senate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At a time he was the only voice not just for PDP or Ndigbo but Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stood against injustice in the Senate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">If I have the opportunity, I will tell Ikpeazu to step down for him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It is not a must that every governor will retire to the senate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I am a Christian and at my age, if I see what is right and refuse to say it, I wonder if I will say it in the grave.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Orji noted that being a PDP chieftain would not make him to shy away from the truth \u201cbecause of my conscience and Christian faith.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also frowned at the trend where every governor now want to retire to the Senate.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Orji, the senate should not be converted into a retirement benefit for former governors.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He added that if Ikpeazu did well as governor, he will win.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also, he said that being a governor does not mean automatic victory at the poll.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He cited the case of Sen. Orji Kalu who, after two tenures as governor, contested for the Senate for three consecutive times and lost until the fourth attempt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, Orji tipped the PDP Candidate for Abia North Senatotrial District, a former House of Representatives member, Mao Ohuabunwa, to defeat Kalu.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kalu is running on APC\u2019s platform for his second tenure.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Orji, who contested the PDP\u2019s governorship primary election of May 25, has approached the Umuahia Federal High Court to nullify Prof. Uche Ikonne\u2019s emergence as the party\u2019s flag bearer.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Court has slated Friday, Oct. 21 for the hearing of the case.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Sampson Orji, the gubernatorial aspirant of People&#8217;s Democratic Party in Abia, has declared his support for Mr Peter Obi, the Labour Party\u2019s Presidential Candidate. 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