The governor stated, “If you remember, I joined the Labour Party before Peter Obi, so I did not join the party with him.”
Mr Obi said his decision to contest the presidency again was driven by his commitment to building a better-governed Nigeria.
Mr Obi said any measures taken to stop vote-buying but fail to address the fundamental issue at its roots would not materialise.
“This mandate is about tackling corruption and not any imaginary adversary or political motive,” the EFCC stated.
Mr Obi stated, “Nigeria cannot continue on a path of wastefulness, insensitivity, and misplaced priorities.”
Mr Obi said, “ECOWAS was quick to sanction Guinea-Bissau, but what does ECOWAS do when democracy is subverted,not by soldiers, but by technology?”
“Our country is now going through troubling times, not by fate, but by our collective leadership failures,” Mr Obi said.
The APC accused the former Anambra State governor of selective outrage.
On Thursday, Mr Kanu was sentenced to life imprisonment for terrorism and inciting violence.
The current government seems more intent on weakening parties than strengthening our democracy—seeking to fragment the PDP, Labour Party, SDP, and others,” Mr Obi alleged.
