The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo says,the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi can’t win in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections.
According to Soludo, this would make the election much easier for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to win.
The Anambra Governor also suggested that Tinubu should give Obi money for campaigning for him as a member of his campaign team.
Soludo stated this in an article titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’.
The Governor wrote the article in response to criticisms that followed his recent Channels TV interview in which he claimed that Obi’s investments in Anambra are currently “worth next to nothing.”
As a “home boy,” Peter Obi will undoubtedly receive some votes and possibly win in the state of Anambra, the man said. Anambra, however, is not Nigeria. I can even run a campaign for him, but that won’t make much of a difference.
He was on track to receive 25% in five states as of August of this year, according to internal state-by-state polling that I have access to.Recent polling indicates that the number of states is now down to four and declining.
Not even in Lagos State, the alleged epicenter of urban youth, where the Labour Party was unable to find candidates to run for House of Representatives 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!
In the same article, the former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria stated that Obi won’t win the 2023 presidential election.
The governor 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.
Recently, Soludo declared his support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Justice Peter Umeadi.