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December 27, 2022
The Peter Obi camp said when power was wrestled from the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, the likes of Arthur Eze would no longer wield any influence in the country.
The Peter Obi Presidential Campaign council has fired back at Anambra State-born businessman and self-acclaimed billionaire, Arthur Eze, saying he (Eze) is part of the establishment and structure that “young Nigerians want to take our country back from.”
The Peter Obi camp said when power was wrestled from the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress, the likes of Arthur Eze would no longer wield any influence in the country.
SaharaReporters earlier reported that Eze condemned the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Obi, saying he (Eze) warned Obi to withdraw from the race but he would not listen, noting that he plainly told him (Obi) that he was not part of his plans.
Eze had made this known while speaking at the occasion of the 2022 Ofala festival of HRH Igwe (Dr.) Robert Eze, the traditional ruler of Ukpo in Dunukofia local government area of the State, adding that he told him to drop his ambition, and wait for next time.
Meanwhile, Diran Onifade, the Spokesperson for the Presidential candidate of the LP, described comments ascribed to the Anambra businessman as unfortunate but not unexpected.
Onifade said this in a telephone interview with Vanguard, in Abuja, on Tuesday.
He said, “It is the influence of people like that that we want to take our politics away from.
“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.”