Mr. Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, says he has all it takes to win the 2023 presidential election.
Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, made the remark in an interview with Channels TV on Monday.
When asked if there’s a possibility that he would join forces with the Peoples Democratic Party’s flag bearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, whom he ran in the 2019 presidential election, Obi’s answer was an outright ‘No’.
He categorically stated that he joined the presidential contest because he has all it takes to become Nigeria’s next president.
“Nobody goes into a match thinking of what will happen, everybody is going there to win. I am going into this contest win,” the Nigerian youths’ favourite presidential candidate declared.
“I am going into this contest to be the president of Nigeria. I think I have all it takes to win.”
Speaking further about his chances at the 2023 polls, Obi said his political journey has been a tale of miracles, adding that he is looking forward to completing the miraculous journey of his political life in 2023.
“Miracle is at the root of our faith, what strengthens our faith is miracle,” he said. “For me, since I started this political journey, my achievements and records have all been miracles, it has all been miraculous.”
He buttressed, “I ran for governor in a party that was less than one year old, when I started in 2003 and won the election, they declared somebody else, I went to court and everybody said it was impossible, there is no way, it has never happened before but after three years, the court declared me the winner.
“I was sworn in, six months I was impeached alongside Fayose and Dariye, I went to court and again I became the first governor to come back from impeachment. So I was the first governor to win through the court, and the first to come back from impeachment.
“And then in 2007, about one year in office, INEC conducted an election and Andy Uba won and was sworn in as governor, I went to court again to seek the interpretation of our constitution that my tenure is four years, everybody said it will never happen but again the Supreme Court declared me the winner which is why you have staggered election in various states today.
“I can go on and on and tell you so many things that have happened in this my journey which can be termed a miracle, and I am looking forward to the next miracle next year to complete the miraculous journey of my political life.”
