Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has led a high-powered delegation of South-East politicians for collaboration with the North-East and other parts of the country to unite and rebuild Nigeria.

Obi said on Thursday in Bauchi State shortly after a closed-door meeting with Governor Bala Mohammed and stakeholders from the state that the engagement was not about party alignment “but we are inviting ourselves to build a better Nigeria.”

Obi explained that the visit was aimed at fostering unity strengthening collaboration with stakeholders from the South East, North East and North West and other parts of the country to build a better Nigeria.

Obi said, “My visit today, more importantly, I came with a powerful delegation from the Southeast, so that we make the difference from my earlier visit. And my purpose of this visit is to solicit the support and cooperation of Your Excellency and the stakeholders of Bauchi and the Northwest in our quest to unite this country. We want to have a united country to build the future for our children.”

“The country cannot continue the way it is today. We are headed in the wrong direction and we need to reverse that for everybody.

“And that’s why we are asking for purpose to seek the support of the stakeholders of Bauchi in building a new Nigeria that will be for the benefit of all, building that Nigeria that we used to be, where a child of nobody can end to be somebody without knowing anybody,” he said.

He continued: “We want ensure that we are to build a Nigeria where Nigerians would be secured and farmers would go to their farms and be able to earned a good living. We can make more money from agriculture that we make from oil and our greatest asset is uncultivated land from the North.”

After the closed-door meeting with the Bauchi State Governor and stakeholders from the state at the Government House on Thursday, there were indications that the two leaders’ discussions touched on their political survival since no other leader of the ADC was involved.

While responding to questions from journalists after the meeting, Governor Mohammed said, “I think we have to strategise because neither PDP not ADC is left alone. Me I am a freelance now and his party is in limbo.

“We are looking up to the judiciary but certainly we are all in the opposition and that’s why I say it’s a political discussion and we will not let you know the I’s and the T’s we have crossed but certainly the meeting is about realignment and alignment and cooperation so that we can have a platform, we cannot go without platform. The main stream party is creating unity for us. a helping us to win elections.”

Obi’s delegation included former Imo State Governor, Achike Udenwa, Senator Ben Obi, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Senator Victor Umeh, Professor Udenta O Udenta and Comrade Tanko Yunusa, among others. (Daily Trust)