2023: Governor Obaseki Alarmed Over Peter Obi; Says Nigerians Rooting For Him; Rejecting APC, PDP

By Adesina Soyooye

A shocked and worried Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has raised an alarm over the impact Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, is making on the road to the Presidential election in 2023.

The Governor is alarmed that Nigerians are rejecting both the All Progressives Congress, APC and his Party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dropping both Political Parties like hot potato, in favour of a Peter Obi Presidency.

Addressing PDP chieftains in the face of the Party’s poor performance in the just concluded Ekiti State Governorship election, Obaseki said: “PDP couldn’t win the election in Ekiti State. Not even number two. So, you can see that there is something wrong going on. And, we don’t want this trend to continue. The future of our Politics in this country is changing. I don’t  know if you are closely watching what is going on.”

The Governor stared that Nigerians have started rejecting both the APC and the PDP, and are quickly supporting Peter Obi. Anybody, one asks, the Governor said, is “OBIdient.”

Obaseki: “The level of disenchantment with the existing Parties. I am sure in all our homes here, we have so many people now who call themselves ‘OBIdients’.

“I don’t know whether you have them in your houses. Ask them which Party they are, they say ‘OBIdient.’

They don’t want us. They are not looking for APC or PDP.  They want alternatives. And, they are much, much more. You see all of them going for PVCs now. They are not looking the direction of APC or PDP.

“If we don’t curb this, if we don’t make our party attractive, I don’t know what will happen in the next elections.

Obi, a former Presidential aspirant under the PDP, suddenly dumped the Party a few days before its Presidential Primary, and declared for the Labour Party. Since then, nothing has remained the same. It is like a wild fire in a hamattan season.

Obi has stolen the hearts of millions of youths across the Country, who have taken over his campaign. He has sparked an unprecedented interest, and number in the registration of Voter’s for PVCs.