Peter Obi Should Remain in NDC and Fight, Arise News Political Editor Sumner Sambo Says

Political analyst and Arise News political editor, Sumner Sambo, has advised the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, to remain in the party and confront the challenges facing it rather than consider another political move.

The position was made known on Monday during his appearance as a guest on Arise Television’s Morning Show, PulseNets learnt.

His remarks followed a ruling by a Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, which set aside its earlier judgment that had directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the NDC as a political party.

Reacting to the development, Sambo argued that Obi should resist the temptation to abandon the NDC, insisting that the former Anambra State governor should instead defend his political ambition from within the party.

“Why is it that anytime Peter Obi gets into one party, there seems to be a decision or an abrupt measure to escalate problems in that party, or to ensure that the party doesn’t compete in the elections?

“So, I think Obi himself knows it, and this is the time for him to stay in the NDC and fight, not to start thinking of leaving the NDC. He should stay in the NDC and make sure that he fights it out and come out victorious.

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“If they pursued him from the PDP to Labour Party, and then to the African Democratic Congress, ADC, what makes him think that if he leaves the NDC, that they won’t fight him again?

“It’s already too late, so let him stay in the NDC, show his political credentials, and then fight it out,” he said.