Oil and gas businessman, Arthur Eze, who described Peter Obi’s 2023 presidential campaign as hopeless has attracted a response to his claim that he had previously cautioned the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate against running for the office.
In reacting to Eze’s remarks, the spokesperson for the LP’s presidential candidate, Diran Onifade said the businessman’s comment about Obi’s ambition is unfortunate but not unexpected.
According to Onifade, Eze was merely expressing his own view when he recommended Obi abandon his presidential campaign: “It is the influence of people like that that we want to take our politics away from.”
Plans to retire political leaders like Arthur Eze Speaking further, Onifade noted Obi has emphasized on plans for Nigerian youths to take over the affairs of the nation.
He said that Obi’s plan includes moves to retire Nigerian politicians such as Arthur Eze. He said: “He is part of the establishment and structure that young Nigerians want to take our country back from. When we take power from the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, the likes of Arthur Eze will no longer wield the kind of influence they enjoy today.”
He stated “You don’t expect them to take this lying down. Our candidate and our campaign remain focused on the task ahead which is to take back our country, rebuild it and make it take its proper place in the comity of nations.”
