Amid the mass defection of governors, senators and members of the House of Representatives to APC from PDP, Labour Party and NNPP, Peter Obi has said the ongoing defections by state governors in the South East would not guarantee the political capture of the zone.
Reacting to the development in a statement released by his media team, yesterday, Obi explained that Nigeria was currently a democracy, not under military rule, where states could be “captured.”
According to him, the people will ultimately decide where to go, not governors or senators, and no party will capture or win any state just because it has a governor.
Speaking specifically on the defection of Enugu State governor, Peter Mbah, and APC’s alleged move to capture the South-East for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election, Obi said: “Peter Mbah is a good friend of mine. And I believe that as governor, he must have taken his decision based on his own political views and calculations.
“As for the alleged plot to capture the South-East, we are not in a military time when you capture people. You are a leader. You tend to do the right things for them to follow you. So I don’t think anybody is capturing anywhere. The government needs to do more if it wants the people to support it.”
Recall that governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, had on Tuesday defected to the APC with members of the state executive council, while his colleague in Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, yesterday resigned from the PDP with the 23 lawmakers in the state, preparatory to their defection to APC.
