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Politics of Tuesday, 27 December 2022

Source: www.mynigeria.com

We want to retire politicians like Arthur Eze. - Labour Party reacts to billionaire's comment about Peter Obi

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Billionaire entrepreneur, Arthur Eze caused a stir on social media when it is was alleged that he advised Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party to step down from contesting the 2023 presidential elections.

Arthur Eze is alleged to have said: "I warned Peter Obi to withdraw from this race but he would not listen. I told him plainly that I am not part of his plans."

"I told him to drop his ambition and wait for next time. "When he told me about his ambition, I asked him the states he thinks he can win in the west and in the north - he told me; but I was not convinced. I told him he cannot win; so that he would not waste his time and money."

However, reacting to Eze's remarks, the spokesperson for the LP's presidential candidate, Diran Onifade said the businessman's comment about Obi's ambition is unfortunate but not unexpected.

His words: "It is the influence of people like that that we want to take our politics away from."

Speaking further, Onifade noted Obi has hammered on plans for Nigerian youths to take over the affairs of the nation. He said that such a plan by Obi includes moves to retire Nigerian politicians like Arthur Eze.

He said: “He is part of the establishment and structure that young Nigerians what to take our country back from. “When we take power from the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, the likes of Arthur Eze will no longer wield the kind of influence they enjoy today.

“You don’t expect them to take this lying down. Our candidate and our campaign remain focused on the take ahead which is to take back our country, rebuild it to make it take its proper place in the comity of nations."