Arabambi made the declaration throughout an interview on Information Central on Thursday.
“Abure and Governor Alex Otti have all agreed in precept that we’ll assist President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a result of this presidency belongs to the South-West, to not the South,” he stated, including that the association was designed to permit the South-West to finish its eight-year cycle on the presidency.
On the query of Obi’s doable return to the Labour Get together — a prospect allegedly being pushed by former Finance Minister, Nenadi Usman — Arabambi dismissed the concept, saying the celebration’s 2023 presidential candidate cannot return.
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“Obi can by no means come again to the Labour Get together, as a result of now we have an Bargain, even with Governor Alex Otti, due to the intractable disaster, due to what has occurred within the Labour Get together, now we have all settled that we’ll assist the second time period and ambition of Mr President Bola Ahmed Tinubu solely,” he stated.
Arabambi accused Usman of performing as an agent of Obi, arguing that her push to convey the previous Anambra governor again into the Labour Get together was pushed by her consciousness that Obi received’t safe the presidential ticket of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC).
“Nenadi is simply an appendage of Peter Obi. She’s solely deceiving herself. She needs Obi as our Labour Get together presidential candidate, and that isn’t going to work,” he stated, urging her to desert the concept no matter who was sponsoring it.
“She ought to perish that thought, irrespective of whosoever that’s sponsoring her,” he added.