Obasi made the remarks just hours after the PDP governors and a group of party leaders known as the Integrity group met behind closed doors on Sunday at the Southern Sun hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos State.
The group reiterated its readiness for reconciliation in a communique read by Jonah Jang, the former governor of Plateau State, saying that they are still open to dialogue.
The group said its demands which include the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyiocha Ayu, and the choice of his successor from the South still stand.
The governors stated in the communique that they will not participate in the PDP presidential campaign or support the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, until their demands are met.
In response to the development, Obasi told The Punch that there is a chance Obi would be willing to work with the Integrity Group if it would benefit the Nigerian people.
Obasi stated that the PDP governors are important politicians who are willing to fully support any presidential candidate of their choice.
He said, “There is nothing stopping that. It is a possibility. They can work together only if they are willing to work for the Nigerian people. But if it is not for the benefit of the Nigerian people, you will see him not aligning with it.
“It is still three months to the election for anybody who wants to support him to do so. It is a democratic process. Nothing stops somebody from jumping camps any time anywhere. So they are free.
“There are things we don’t force. If somebody will support you, he is going to support you wholeheartedly. These are not anyhow politicians. They are governors who have their say, they are not people you force to support you. That is something that ought to be done wholeheartedly in line with their conscience.
“If you know my principal, he is somebody who likes to be open. He won’t promise you skyscrapers when he already knows what he can offer. For him, he can only offer what is good for the Nigerian people.
“Whoever wants to join him based on that principle is free. But to go and start doing political lobbying for somebody to him is a promise he can’t fulfill. It is not his style.”
Meanwhile the River State Governor Nyesom Wike has openly declared logistical support for Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi.
Recall that Wike pledged last week Thursday to support Obi’s presidential campaign with logistics.
The governor disclosed this while Obi was commissioning a flyover in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The Rivers governor believes the LP presidential candidate possesses all of the characteristics necessary to become Nigeria’s next president in 2023.
“Each time you want to campaign in the state, let me know, all the logistics support, we will give to you.
“I know you as a person, you have all the criteria, you have all the characteristics to lead this country, you have it. Nobody can deny that,” Wike told Obi.
Reiterating his pledge while speaking on Saturday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Wike explained that Peter Obi was a former governor, hence the need to support him with logistics during his presidential campaign in Rivers.
He, however, warned that the Labour Party would not win any political position in the state.
Wike said: “I have no regret in saying I will support Obi with logistics. He is a former governor, and if he is coming to campaign here, I will give him logistics support.
“I will give him vehicles, and security; I must give him logistics support. And I told him yesterday that his party will not get even one position in Rivers, not House of Assembly; there is no other party in Rivers. The only party we have here is PDP, Rivers State chapter.”
