By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
After few weeks of speculation that there could be a merger between Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP)and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the spokesman for the Obi-Datti campaign council in the 2023 election Yunusa Tanko has revealed what could make his principal agree to a merger.
According to Tanko, Obi would only be interested in a merger that will make the country better.
His Excellency, Peter Gregory is not interested in a merger that is only for the interest of seeking power. He is interested in a merger that will bring Nigerians out of the poverty level, bringing the Nigerian people to a comfortable state of health care,” he Tanko said
“Making sure Nigerians have potable drinking water; making sure the problem of power supply is being solved
So, therefore, he is interested strongly in a merger that is driven by ideology and a programme. But if it’s only for the purpose of power, he is not interested.”
The Obi/ Atiku merger started to emanated after the duo met few weeks ago in the latter’s residence.