A Political Economist, Pat Utomi, has stated that the defection of the Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, did not just happen recently.
Naijaonpoint recalls that Peter Obi, on Wednesday, officially dumped the Labour Party for the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Enugu State alongside other notable Southeast leaders.
Reacting to the development, Utomi, during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Thursday, said Peter Obi has been in the ADC from the beginning.
He said, “Mr Peter Obi was in this conversation from the get go. He didn’t defect yesterday. We’ve been working out what will work to ensure that Nigerians are brought together under one head. You listen to him, he talk about inclusion, everybody coming together, because that’s the only way we can make progress.
“Forget politicians who said that all they need to do is grab power and everything is okay because they are okay for a moment, but the country is not in a position to really seriously work together.
“When you have the kind of divisiveness, the kind of exclusion that Nigeria currently is, economic progress does not take place, forget about 4% GDP growth.
“Real growth doesn’t take place without peace and a clear direction bought into by all working together to ensure that we get there.”