By Bukola Olasanmi
Anambra-born businessman and billionaire, Prince Arthur Eze, has said that he warned the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to withdraw from the race, adding that he does not support Obi’s presidential ambition.
Arthur Eze, on Monday, condemned Obi’s ambition of becoming the next president of Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
Eze, 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 Anambra State, opined that he warned Obi to drop his ambition, but he wouldn’t listen.
He noted that he advised Obi to wait for next time after however listening to him list the number of states he thought he would win.
His words: “I warned Peter Obi to withdraw from this race but he would not listen. I told him plainly that I am not part of his plans. I told him to drop his ambition, and wait for next time.
“When he told me about his ambition, I asked him the states he thinks he can win in the west and in the north – he told me; but I was not convinced. I told him he cannot win; so that he would not waste his time and money.”