Labour Party presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi has shot down insinuations he offered N40 billion to his fellow contestant Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party to step down for him.
Obi who was speaking during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos said he never made such gestures to the former Kano State governor in their various discussions.
“I never knowingly or unknowingly, offered anybody money to become president. In all my talks with Kwankwaso, I never offered him any money,” Mr. Obi said
He urged Nigerians to rise above tribal and religious interests and put Nigeria first while casting their votes.
“Next year’s election will not be about the tribe. Please do not vote for Peter Obi because he is from the South-East. It is not going to be my turn but the turn of Nigeria to take back their country.
“It is not about tribe because the people in the South do not buy bread cheaper or show me where in the South-West where they have uninterrupted electricity supply or roads that are meant for South-West people only.”
Meanwhile Mr. Obi is the choice of rural voters to be President of Nigeria according to a poll conducted by public policy advisory firm, Nextier.
Respondents of the face-to-face interaction held in Nasarawa and Benue (North Central), Gombe and Bauchi (North East), Kebbi and Sokoto (North West), Cross River and Edo (South-South), Imo and Abia (South East), as well as Ogun and Oyo (South West) have the Labour Party candidate leading by 40.37 percent , Peoples Democratic Party candidate Abubakar Atiku came second with 26.7 percent. Tinubu came third with 20.47 percent.
The firm sampled the preferred candidates of 2,000 eligible voters with an error margin of 2.2 percent.
