Mr Peter Obi has said his choice as the running mate to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is to ennoble his people.
Obi said this on Friday in Enugu during a visit to the state governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi.
It would be recalled that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Oct. 12 announced Obi as his running mate, a situation that generated mixed reactions from party chieftains in the area.
Governors of the PDP and party chieftains from the zone subsequently met and expressed their dissatisfaction that they were not consulted prior to the announcement.
However, Obi, who said he was in the state to seek the support of Ugwuanyi, pointed out that his candidacy, was about Ndigbo in particular and Nigeria in general.
The former governor said that the success or otherwise of his nomination would depend on the leaders of the South East.
Obi said that if elected into office, he would attract meaningful development to the area, adding that the time to address the yearnings of the people was now.
“This nomination is about our own area. We cannot continue to say we are marginalised. These are some of the opportunities to address whatever we think is not in our positions,” he said.
Obi said that his record as governor was not in doubt, adding that he believed in the masses.
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