Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has said he is ready to be Nigeria’s Vice President if he sees people who could do the job better.
Obi said this in a recent interview on News Central TV which was aired on YouTube.
He explained that his main goal of seeking office is to help Nigeria move forward and believes that the country needs strong leadership to bring positive change in the next general election in 2027.
When asked if he would accept the role of Vice President, Obi said: “Quite frankly, for me, I’m not desperate to be Nigeria’s president. I am desperate to see Nigeria work. If I see people who can do the work better, I will (consider being Vice President).
“I even have people who say I should not come out in 2027 and I said to them, offer yourself. And we will not put everybody on a scale.”
Obi in the interview made it clear that he has no plans to leave the Labour Party.
He said, “Yes, I would be here (at Labour Party), and if anybody is coming for us to negotiate or to come together, he must tell me what his purposes are.
“I will not join anybody for state capture or for winning the election. I want anybody to tell me how are we going to ensure that no child is left behind, how are we going to put those millions of out-of-school children back in school.”
Obi came third in the last Presidential election with six million votes, about 25.4% of the total votes cast.
The election was won by Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who received nearly 8.8 million votes (37.6%). Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second with about 7 million votes (29.9%).