Former House of Representatives aspirant from Edo South and member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ogbeide Ifaluyi-Isibor, has declared support for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi over his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar.
He revealed this while answering questions on AriseTV monitored by truthlive.net.
Ifaluyi-Isibor stated that, while he remains a member of the PDP, he has switched his support to Obi for the presidency in 2023 due to his track record.
Ifaluyi-Isibor, Director of Mobilisation, Nigeria Diaspora Youth Coalition for Peter Obi, said: “I’m a member of the PDP and glad to be a member of the PDP but I am one that is very Obidient.”
He went on to say that he was not blinded by party loyalty and that he did not have to be a member of the Labour Party to support its presidential candidate.
His words: “We cannot continuously pretend that all is well and because I am a member of the PDP, then whoever the PDP candidate is, then you must support. That is not how democracy plays out in other developed economies. There are members of the Democrat Party who support Republican candidates and vice-versa. So, it is about the capacity, the competence and the capability of the individuals.”
According to Ifaluyi-Isibor, Peter Obi is the “poster boy for the revolution” for a new order.
When asked if his actions were anti-party, the Edo-based politician said, “My loyalty is first to my conscience, then to my nation, then to any other engagement which includes the political party.
“Being a member of the PDP, I am participating in all the electoral processes and I was more or less the spokesperson of the PDP in 2015 when we had that election.
“So, I have been a major player in the PDP but the development of Nigeria, the salvation that Nigeria needs is not vested in a political party any longer. You have people who are members of the PDP, members of the APC, and members of all kinds of political parties who support Mr Peter Obi because it transcends the political parties; we are trying to save our lives and not to save the political parties.”
Those who claim Obi’s support base exists solely on social media, according to the PDP member, are afraid.
Truthlive.net recalls that Obi, who was Atiku’s running mate in the last presidential election, was a PDP presidential candidate until May 2022, when he defected to the Labour Party and became presidential candidate.