A political economist, Professor Pat Utomi said the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP)
Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar, and Rabiu Kwankwaso have reached an agreement to establish a formidable political party to sack the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Utomi, a strong supporter of Peter Obi in the 2023 presidential elections, revealed this in an interview with Channels TV.
After talking to the trio, he agreed to form a mega party aimed at assuming the country’s leadership, emphasizing the need for individuals willing to make sacrifices for the nation’s development
He said, “We need people who sacrifice themselves to build a great country with the possible reward of immortality. When I talked to several of the presidential candidates in the last run about this track, we were traveling
“Yes, I’ve had conversations with Atiku Abubakar, I’ve had conversations with Engineer Rabiu Kwankwaso, I have had conversations with Peter Gregory Obi, and people like Ralph Okey Nwosu of ADC are some of those that would probably constitute some of the base
“And I’ve said to them, it’s not about you. It’s about Nigeria, it’s about the ordinary person in this state. It’s about genuinely moving from this business of sharing trickles from oil sales to how we can become one of the most productive economies because our (natural) endowments allow that. Still, our politics has not allowed Nigerian people to produce”.
However, he mentioned that the name of the new party has not been disclosed yet.
Kanyi Daily recalls that Pat Utomi had stepped down for Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP).