Pastor Chris Okotie of the Household of God church, has disclosed that only the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and All Progressives Congress, APC have the structures to win the presidential election in the country.
The man of God may be referencing Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP those closely watching the current state of politics in the country have said.
The Independently National Electoral Commission, INEC recently released the timetable for next year’s general election, with at least three major political parties positioning themselves to clinch power.
Apart from the PDP and APC the LP has recently become popular among Nigerians as a result of its presidential candidate Obi, a former Governor of Anambra state.
Obi had dumped the PDP for LP earlier in the year, citing insincerity on the part of his former party to conduct a fair and free presidential primary.
The belief among not a few Nigerians is that the LP with Obi as its candidate could pull a major surprise, particularly considering his popularity among young voters.
The INEC had during its recently concluded voters registration exercise noted that many young Nigerians registered as new voters during the process.
No fewer than eight million young Nigerians registered during the exercise, and are now prepared to vote for candidates of their choice, the electoral umpire said.
In spite of the popularity of Obi among many Nigerians, Okotie, a former presidential candidate of the FRESH party, who recently called for the institution of an Interim government headed by him, said only PDP and APC stand the chance of winning the presidential election in 2023.
Okotie told the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC that the country is not structured for small political parties to win the presidential election.
Even with a popular candidate like Obi contesting, the LP would not able to defeat the two frontline political parties, the controversial clergyman said.
He said PDP and APC have become too powerful to be defeated at the polls having ruled the country for 23 years.
According to Okotie, “Only the PDP and the APC have the national spread and network required to win the Presidency. No small party has such capacity.
“Until the political system is restructured to shift the emphasis away from parties to the people, the dominant parties would continue to hold sway.
“If I join any of these parties, I would become part of the problem. Most of the big men go to these parties because all they want is power for personal aggrandizement. I don’t want anyone to take from me the land that God gave to me.”
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