Few days after he dismissed Peter Obi’s investment on behalf of Anambra State in a brewery as now inconsequential, Governor Chukwumah Charles Soludo, on Monday threw another stone into the house of the Labour Party’s candidate Peter Obi.
The Anambra Governor simply dismissed Obi as being no threat to anyone in the 2023 presidential race.
His submission was contained In an article titled “History Beckons and I will not be Silent (Part 1).
The Governor said Obi is creating a path to victory for presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.
He said the Labour Party itself is aware it’s candidate cannot win the 2023 election.
He said, “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too, and he knows that we know. The game he is playing is the main reason he didn’t return to APGA.
“The brutal truth (and some will say, God, forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for president: the rest is exciting drama! That many Americans may not like the fact that Joe Biden (79 years) and Donald Trump (76 years) are two frontrunners for president in their parties does not remove the fact that if both of them emerge as candidates, definitely one of them will be president in 2024.
“As my brother, I wish him well and even pray for him… Indeed, there is no credible pathway for him near the first two positions, and if care is not taken, he won’t even be near the third position. Analysts tell him you don’t need “structure” to win.
‘Fantasy! Of course, LP won governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun on social media and via phantom polls, while getting barely 2,000 votes on ground. Creating a credible third force for the presidential election in Nigeria requires a totally different strategy and extremely hard work.
Of course, Peter Obi will get some votes, and may probably win in Anambra state as “homeboy”. But Anambra is not Nigeria. If he likes, I can even campaign for him but that won’t change much. From internal state-by-state polling available to me, he was on course to get 25% in 5 states as of August this year.
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The latest polling shows that it is down to four states, and declining. Not even in Lagos State (supposed headquarters of urban youths) where the Labour Party could not find candidates to contest for House of Reps or Senate. The polls also show that he is taking votes away mostly from PDP.
“Indeed, if I were Asiwaju Tinubu, I would even give Peter Obi money as someone heading one of the departments of his campaign because Obi is making Tinubu’s pathway to victory much easier by indirectly pulling down PDP. It is what it is!
“Let me once again wish my brother Peter Obi good luck. He should have fun and enjoy the fleeting frenzy of the moment. But he must moderate the desperation exhibited by his social media mob. There is a limit to propaganda.
“A mob action often reflects the character of its leader. No one has a monopoly on social media violence, and no one should play God. Life won’t end by February/March 2023.”