The vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, in his speech at the 8th stakeholders meeting of Anambra State chapter of the PDP titled,” Repositioning for power and good governance” held in Awka, said he was ready to lay down his life to deliver Nigerians from the hardship being witnessed all over the country.
Alleging that every Nigerian now wants to identify with the PDP because they have lost confidence in the ruling APC government, the former Governor of Anambra State added that he is ready to fight for the party’s mandate to its logical conclusion in court.
“I am ready to lay down my life to ensure that Nigerians are rescued from the hardship inflicted on them by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government in the country.
“I will fight for this mandate till the end. The person who is at the helm of affairs today ran for four times and nobody killed him. So, I am not afraid because when PDP was in power it did not kill anybody”, he said.
The former governor of Anambra State said PDP remained the only hope of a progressive and prosperous Nigeria. He declared that APC had failed the country and its citizens.
Obi, a Catholic, added, “In church this morning, when the priest called up prayers for Nigeria, the man sitting next to me told me he had stopped praying for Nigeria long ago, but rather prays for the removal of APC, since we already know who the problems of the country are.
“Nigerians are already disenchanted with the APC, and even the APC members are also complaining, so that has made PDP a brand today, and marked her out as the only party that can deliver Nigeria.”
He thanked members of the party in the state, saying it is only in Anambra that APC failed to get up to five per cent of the total votes cast during the last presidential election.