A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Dan Ulasi, says former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, would be a major asset to any political party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Speaking on Arise Television on Friday, Ulasi argued that Obi’s credibility and popularity would significantly boost the PDP’s chances. “I’ll be happy if he joins PDP because he will bring his credibility to bear on the party as we are reorganising. Any party that has him today will know they already have more than 30 to 40 per cent of the election because he has tremendous support across this country,” he said.
Ulasi, however, noted uncertainty over Obi’s political direction. “To the best of my knowledge, Peter Obi has no platform. He ran last time with Labour Party, he has attended the launching of ADC. I don’t know what his platform will be,” he added.
On zoning, he insisted the presidency should go to the South and be “micro-zoned” to the South-East. “If there is honesty, they should micro-zone it to the South-East because virtually now we are the only zone, theoretically speaking, that has not had a presidency,” Ulasi said.
He added that the PDP was rebuilding ahead of 2027. “In the last national executive meeting we had, almost seven of our governors were there. It was refreshing that everybody is now talking about how to reorganise the party and put it on a stronger footing for 2027 and other elections,” he noted.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, was PDP’s vice-presidential candidate in 2019 before leaving in 2022 to contest under the Labour Party. His “Obidient Movement” re-energised young voters and disrupted the traditional APC-PDP dominance in the 2023 elections, where he finished third behind Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar.
