Prof. Pat Utomi has claimed two former Heads of State are presently strongly behind the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi ahead of next year’s general election.
Utomi made this disclosure while speaking at a town hall meeting on Friday, organised by the Yell Out Nigeria for Good Governance in Abuja.
He, however, refused to reveal the names of the ex-Heads of State.
However, Utomi stressed that they were ready to work for Obi, to ensure he becomes the next president of Nigeria.
According to him, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) don’t have strong structures like the LP.
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‘Money alone does not win elections. Two former heads of state have said to me they are Obidients.
‘A lot of people want to join the movement without joining the Labour Party to ensure Peter Obi and Baba-Ahmed win, so they can capture our country back from those who have held us down.
‘The LP has better structures than PDP and APC.
‘Their structure is a criminal network of people who can fix elections. We have to stop that; that is not structure,’ Utomi said.
Meanwhile, Obi has finally released his long-awaited 62-page campaign manifesto.
The manifesto titled, ‘Our Pact with Nigerians: Creating a New Nigeria’, unveiled Obi’s proposed plans to lead Nigeria if elected as president.
Africa Today News, New York gathered this on Saturday from Labour Party Secretariat in Abuja.
Page 18 of the document itemised his economic plan founded on a shift from consumption to production by running a production-centred economy that is driven by an agrarian revolution and export-oriented industrialization.
In the 62-page manifesto, the party anchored its 2023 presidential campaign on seven cardinal areas – security, production, institutional reforms, the industrial revolution, infrastructural development, human capital development, and robust foreign policy.