Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, yesterday vowed to return power to the citizens.
He said in 2023, Nigerians would no longer allow “drivers that don’t know where we are going” to lead the country.
The former Anambra State governor spoke at a leadership summit by the party in Abuja.
The summit had coalition groups working for the presidential bid of the former Anambra State governor in attendance.
Obi said his job in 2023 is to wrest power from those who hold it presently and return it to the people.
He said his administration would provide leadership which he said had been lacking.
Obi said: “Our job is to take power from those who have it and give it back to you.
“We have a country called Nigeria but we don’t have Nigerians. What we want to do is to create Nigerians. The only way to create Nigerians is to make people have hope in Nigeria.
“The only thing that is lacking in this country is leadership. And that is what we intend to provide.
“We are not trying to do something else. Leadership is what Datti and I want to provide. We are not looking for anything.
“In 2023, we will no longer allow drivers that don’t know where we are going. We will remove that driver. We will not allow him to continue.
“All we want to do is to move this country from consumption to production.”
LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, is hopeful that the party will win the 2023 presidential election.
Abure, a former trade union leader, said the party was on a mission to rescue Nigeria.
He said the country was tilting towards collapse as a result of insecurity and a failing economy.
Director-General of Obi/Datti Campaign Organisation, Dr Doyin Okupe, warned that Nigerians would suffer if the country continued on the same path.
He said the party would mobilise to ensure that everyone at the polling stations voted for the Labour Party.
Vice Presidential Candidate of the party, Datti Baba-Ahmed called for calm ahead of the election.
He cautioned election riggers to “sheath their sword” and allow the voice of the people to prevail.
Baba-Ahmed said: “We do not take anything from anybody for campaign. We are not looking for money in government.
“We are looking for how to manage government money by following a serious leader who knows how to create money.
“I am following a leader who has nothing more to achieve in this life except to see a peaceful and prosperous nation.
“It pains me when a uniform staff of a Federal Government of Nigeria, in broad daylight, will collect money. Each time I see it, my heart breaks.
“That similar act is a bad a $20 billion scandal and it happens everyday. We are going to end it. We are going to change it.”