Both presidential aspirants said their fate would eventually be decided by the PDP delegates.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday began the screening of its 17 aspirants for the 2023 presidential election.
“If anybody gives you money, take it. It doesn’t matter…If you want to buy bread, a loaf is now N500 and you must get two.”
Addressing Anambra PDP delegates, Mr Wike asserted that votes for Mr Obi would go to waste as the former governor does not stand a chance to win.
The presidential aspirant said his experiences running businesses and governing a state were enough to change Nigeria’s fortunes.
The aspirants said that their position was taken in the interest of national unity and that of the PDP.
The former vice presidential candidate of the party in the 2019 election was unhappy with the level of insecurity and poverty in the nation.
On March 26, campaign posters publicising the CBN governor as presidential aspirant of the APC flooded Eagle Square, during the party’s national convention in Abuja.
Presidential aspirant Peter Obi said he will formally declare his intention to run for president and unveil his full manifesto in the coming days.
Mr Nwakuche told journalists that their group were non-partisan young professionals who were concerned about the development of the country.
