A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Ulasi, has said the party would gladly welcome Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi back to its fold ahead of the 2027 general election.
Speaking in an interview on Friday, Ulasi maintained that Obi’s credibility and popularity would significantly boost the PDP’s chances.
“I’ll be happy if he joins PDP because he will bring his credibility to bear on the party as we are reorganising.
“Any party that has him today will know they already have more than 30 to 40 percent of the election because he has tremendous support across this country,” he said.
Ulasi, however, observed that Obi’s political future remained unclear.
“To the best of my knowledge, Peter Obi has no platform. He ran last time with Labour Party, he has attended the launching of ADC. I don’t know what his platform will be,” he added.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State (2006–2014), previously ran as the PDP’s vice-presidential candidate in 2019.
He defected from the party in May 2022 after withdrawing from its presidential primary and subsequently emerged as the Labour Party’s flag bearer.
His 2023 campaign, powered by the “Obidient Movement,” attracted massive youth support and disrupted the traditional two-party race, with Obi finishing third behind Bola Tinubu of the APC and Atiku Abubakar of the PDP.
