Presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi on Monday said he is looking forward to a miracle come 2023 where he will win the election against all odds.
“Miracle is at the root of our faith, what strengthens our faith is miracle,” Mr Obi said on Channels TV’s Politics Today in response to a statement by the presidential candidate of the PDP Atiku Abubakar that it would take a miracle for Obi to win the election.
“For me, since I started this political journey, my achievements and records have all been miracles, it has all been miraculous.
“I ran for governor in a party that was less than one year old, when I started in 2003 and won the election, they declared somebody else, I went to court and everybody said it was impossible, there is no way, it has never happened before but after three years, the court declared me the winner.
“I was sworn in, six months I was impeached alongside Fayose and Dariye, I went to court and again I became the first governor to come back from impeachment. So I was the first governor to win through the court, and first to come back from impeachment.
“And then in 2007, about one year in office, INEC conducted an election and Andy Uba won and was sworn in as governor, I went to court again to seek the interpretation of our constitution that my tenure is four years, everybody said it will never happen but again the Supreme Court declared me the winner which is why you have staggered election in various states today.
“I can go on an on and tell you so many things that have happened in this my journey which can be termed a miracle, and I am looking forward to the next miracle next year to complete the miraculous journey of my political life.”
Obi said he considers Atiku his “respected elder brother” although he did not tell him before resigning from the PDP.
“I did not even tell my family. I did not want anyone to talk me out of it,” the former governor added.
Obi noted that he made the decision to leave the PDP because he considered it appropriate for his own future.
