The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has opened up on wht he did not inform former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, before he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Obi, who was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 election, joined LP in May.
Atiku, last week said on Arise TV, claimed Obi informed him of his decision to dump the PDP three days after he left the party.
However, responding to Atiku’s comments on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Obi said: “Yes, it is true. Let me tell you, Vice President Atiku remains my respected elder brother.
“His comments were true. When I left the PDP, I didn’t tell him and other respected people in my life, including my family.
“There is a tell in your life which you considered appropriate because you do not want people to talk you out of it, and this I did in the best interest of my future and Nigeria.
“Recall that when I left PDP, I said I would rather do the right thing and fail than do the wrong thing and succeed.
“That is why respectively, after one or two days after I took that decision, I elucidated it in a written message to him, saying I had to go because of the circumstances I found myself in and what I think was appropriate to do. and I know, knowing him, he respected my decision.”
