 Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obey, as its preferred candidate for the February 25 presidential election. The forum took the decision after its extraordinary meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The leadership of the forum is made up of the Middle Belt, Ohanez and Dibo, Affenifer and Pan-Niger-Delta Forum. The regional leaders say they are committed to ensuring that Obey emerges victorious in the 2023 presidential election and urged all Nigerians to fight for a better country with their votes. Peter Obey serves our purpose not only for equity, fairness and justice, but looking at the political terrain, he stands out as the best material out there, that we can market to Nigerians and say, bring whoever you want and let's match them one-on-one, Peter Obey will stand out as the best. We have been challenged, we have come to the crunch of taking our country back into our hands. And the only way it is possible is to have a free and fair election in which the best man can come. It doesn't matter that I'm Igbo and Peter Obey is Igbo. But where do you see what is right? Speak up for it. Pan-Deaf is standing in and saying Obey is highly endorsed because he knows what we want in Pan-Deaf. The restructuring we have been glamoring for, he knows what to do. And for that, we are all saying that Obey is our best candidate at the moment.