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By Madu Obi
Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi was said to have directed his followers under the Obidient Network platform to shop for the best candidate to support for the November 8 Anambra governorship election.
Leader of the Obidient Network Advisory Council, Mr Ikenna Azomchine, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka, said Obi has given his word for his supporters to assess all the governorship aspirants of the various political parties in the state and to choose one who has similar ideology that aligns with the welfare and development of the state.
Azomchine said with the new mandate, the group will soon hold a session with selected aspirants from various political parties, to determine who among them, should get their support in November.
He said: "We want to clear certain misconceptions, and also tell you the new mandate that our leader, Mr Peter Obi has given us.
First is that Obidient Network is not under any political party as we have members in all the political parties in the country. As such, we condemn those who went to the Labour Party office in Abuja recently, using our name to say they are supporting a particular aspirant.
We as Obidient Network are busy putting our organigram in place and we will unveil it soon. Our leader, Mr Peter Obi has given us his words, and we can assess any aspirant for the Anambra State governorship election and come up with who we should support.
We don't have any reservations doing this. We can go for any aspirant, as far as the ideals of Peter Obi will be entertained. I have sought the permission of our leader, Mr Peter Obi, to speak with the incumbent governor (Prof Chukwuma Soludo), and he said we can go ahead and speak to anybody.
Soon, we will be meeting with the aspirants and interview them. We have questions for all of them, and we will be looking out for the best person, who embodies the ideals of Peter Obi and the Obidient Network will support them.
There are Obidients in every party, but I want to say that Obidient Network is the one that Peter Obi himself directs. We will not look at political parties when endorsing a candidate, and we have been looking around to know who is the best, and once we get that, we will get back to our principal and tell him who it is."
Azomchine who prides himself as Obidient General, warned politicians to be wary of the people they are dealing with, noting that many people have been going around, claiming to be of Obidient Movement, and collecting money from people.
The leadership of Obidient Network in Anambra has a dream where we will be the ombudsman for choosing competence and credibility in the next governorship election in Anambra State.
Peter Obi has long positioned himself as the leader of Igbo people in Nigeria, and we want a situation where we will carry him high, and the Obidient Network will play key role in choosing the best leaders for Igbo land," he said.
He warned all aspirants of political parties using the name of Mr Peter Obi to draw support to themselves to desist as the group is still working towards getting the best candidate for the governorship contest.
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