THE former governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate under the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has said his desire is not driven by ambition for power but by a commitment to seeing Nigeria function effectively.
Obi, who finished third in the 2023 general election behind President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), made this remark during a special Anniversary Sabbath service at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Umuahia. The event marked the second anniversary of Governor Alex Otti’s administration.
“I am not desperate to be Nigeria’s president,” Obi stated. “But I am desperate to see the country work.”
His comments come amid renewed political discourse, including reports of possible collaborations among leading opposition figures such as Atiku Abubakar, Nasir El-Rufai, and himself, as revealed by Atiku’s spokesperson.