Former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has endorsed the presidential ambition of Peter Obi after dumping African Democratic Congress candidate Atiku Abubakar ahead of the 2027 general elections.
In a video circulating on social media, Melaye described the former Anambra State governor as a leader with the intellectual depth and administrative experience needed to lead Nigeria.
According to the former lawmaker, the country requires a unifying figure capable of addressing its security challenges and rebuilding public confidence in governance.
Speaking in the video, Melaye said: “Fellow countrymen and women, I’m here to address you once again in the course of our nation’s history. We need a unifier. I’m here to address Nigerians, especially my brother and friend, the former Governor of Anambra State, and the former Vice Presidential candidate of our political party, Peter Obi.
“He is one of the finest Nigerians who is intellectually mobile and administratively sagacious. He’s a great Nigerian, and by the grace of God, he has the potential of being a great president.
“I celebrate your conscience of the Nigerian youths and public on governance and building a new Nigeria. So I want to say it is time for us to think.
“I encourage the crusade, the movement started by Peter Obi, to continue, move from campus to campus, move from community to community, move from one progressive group and organization from this country to another to campaign for the new Nigeria that is to come and be part of the movement to rebuild, to restructure, to reorganize, and reboot Nigeria as a country.
“We must speak the truth, and the truth is the truth. The truth of the matter is we need a unifier. We need one Nigerian that can solve the problem of insecurity in this country. We need a Nigerian that will have intel from every security facet of our national life.”
Watch video: https://x.com/Obitrize_042/status/2066873528570233159/video/1
