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Jerry Gana, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has claimed the party has reached out to Peter Obi to return.
He revealed this while speaking on AIT’s programme, Focus Nigeria, on Friday.
Obi resigned from the PDP on May 25, 2022, ahead of the 2023 elections.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, left the PDP days before its presidential primary, citing that “recent developments in the party do not support constructive contributions”.
When asked if the party had spoken with Obi about returning, Gana responded, “Why not?”
Gana added, “He [Obi] is not the only person. We are also moving to other persons. But I don’t want to announce until we really get there.
“I have a very solid platform. I can now go back to these people and say the platform you were complaining about is now set, proper, and ready to move. I know many of them would respond.”
Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has declared that he will return to Edo, despite threats by the state governor, Monday Okpebholo.
Obi spoke while responding to questions from journalists in Awka over Okpebholo’s warning that his safety will not be guaranteed if he comes to the state.
The former Anambra governor, who was at his alma mater, Christ the King College, CKC, Onitsha, to make a donation, said he was not afraid of threats. He revealed that he receives threats everyday.
He stressed that if he had need to be in Edo State to make a donation, he would not hesitate to go there.
“Threats don’t make any meaning to me. I receive threats everyday. Do you know how many times I have been threatened all over Nigeria? I receive threats everyday actually, the ones you know about was because it was vocal, but I will not be afraid.
“If I have the opportunity to go to Benin and make donations again, trust me, I will. I have always said that we should de-emphasize politics and think more of how to invest in the people. I went to Benin to invest in people because if they have good doctors, good nurses, they will have a better life.
