[Plugin: Posts 2 Posts] Using p2p_get_meta in widget sidebar

I am trying to list data using the Executable PHP Widget by Otto to display php in a sidebar. The code works fine in a page template but only returns the post title in the sidebar. I don’t know if this has something to do with the PHP Widget plugin or P2P. Anyone have a suggestion on how to get it to work? Here is the code I am using:

<h2>Customer Relationship</h2>
<?php
// Find connected customers
$connected = new WP_Query( array(
  'connected_type' => 'posts_to_customers',
  'connected_items' => get_queried_object(),
  'nopaging' => true,
  'connected_meta' => array(
	array(
          'key' => 'customertype',
		'value' => $customertype,
           )
        )

) );

// Display connected customers
if ( $connected->have_posts() ) :
?>
<ol>
<?php while ( $connected->have_posts() ) : $connected->the_post(); ?>
	<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"> <?php the_title();?> </a>
</li>
<?php
$answer = p2p_get_meta($post->p2p_id, 'customertype', true);
echo $answer;
?>
<br/> 

<?php endwhile; ?>
</ol>

<?php
// Prevent weirdness
wp_reset_postdata();

endif;
?>

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