Peter Obi and Umeh shunned Ozigbo’s consultation meeting for the Anambra 2025 governorship election.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour party (LP) Peter Obi and Senator Victor Umeh (Anambra Central) failed to attend the stakeholders meeting in the zone organized by Valentine Ozigbo.
No reason was offered for their absence as Ozigbo intensified efforts in his governorship pursuit in 2025 on the platform of LP.
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Though he already made his intention known to his party, the majority of the members are said not to be happy with him as they allegedly prefer Senator Umeh for the contest.
Some of them, who spoke with NewsOnline Nigeria at the weekend, said Ozigbo is just wasting his time with the ambition.
One of them, who preferred anonymity, said Umeh is the person the party members are rooting for.
The stakeholder’s meeting was held at Grand East Hotels, Awka without the two key members of LP in the Central zone (Obi and Umeh).
It was further gathered that Obi had perfected plans to dump LP again with other options in the offing.
Speaking at the stakeholders meeting, Ozigbo assured he would lead the State to a more enviable height and for only one term of four years if voted into power.
He boasted that he would surely hand over to another competent candidate from Anambra Central after his four-year tenure, which some of his party members described as “joke of the year.”
He further stated that four years would be enough for any serious government to impact lives positively.
“Anambra State under me as Governor would be repositioned and transformed to an enviable height within four years because of my competence, leadership quality, and proven records of excellence.
“As an advocate of zoning, I will honour the principles of zoning, I’ll transform Anambra State within four years, and hand it over to any other competent person from Anambra Central. I am a man of integrity, ” Ozigbo added.”
Prof Chinyere Okunna, Peter Obi’s former Chief of Staff and Deputy Vice Chancellor of Paul’s University, said: “Val’s character is 100% and this is what makes him fit and proper for this job.
“Some erroneously think that by being humane, civilised and gentlemanly, you are weak in politics, but these are actually his greatest strengths.”
