A two-time presidential spokesman Doyin Okupe on Wednesday announced he was suspending his ambition to be president in 2023.
Mr Okupe told a press conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital that he would be rooting for the former Anambra State governor Peter Obi to emerge as his party’s presidential candidate.
“In aligning myself with the wish of our elders and in the interest of equity and justice, I publicly admit that the 2023 political race must be conceded to the south-east; that is, the Igbos,” he said.
“I, therefore, now proclaim that I am, as I have said publicly several times, withdrawing from the presidential race and I am declaring my support for the best aspirant not only in Igboland, but in Nigeria as a whole.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I am not fanning the embers of division, rather I am by this action lightening the torch of unity by establishing political stability on the pillars of truth and justice upon which the Bible tells us that even the throne of the Almighty God is founded.”
Okupe, a former aide to ex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, called for the adherence to the principle and dictates of the zoning system and urged other presidential aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party to join Obi’s presidential aspiration in the interest of fairness, justice, and equity.
