Fayose: Obi Is The Only Opposition Voice In Nigeria, Atiku No Longer Relevant

A former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose has asserted that the 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Peter Obi is the only voice of the opposition in the country, saying other leaders are no longer relevant.

According to the former governor, other opposition leader sin the country such as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has lost their voices among Nigerians, who he said, no longer listed to them for direction.

Fayose spoke on Channeld Televison Politics Today on Wednesday amid recent fears among not a few Nigerians that the country, under the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and President Tinubu is poised to silent the opposition, using various tactics such as intimidation and coercion .

The critics of the administration cited the high profile defections from the PDP to the APC as one of the pointers to the effect that the ruling party is no longer tolerant of the opposition in the country, and may be moving nation into a one party state.

The former governor however said the opposition has become so irrelevant ahead the 2027 election, noting that despite the fact that  Obi is the only opposition voice in the country, the former LP presidential candidate lacked the capacity to defeat President Tinubu in the next election.

Fayose: “The only voice that has traction, that is still talking, that is everywhere despite not being in government, is Obi. I give it to him.

“But let me tell you, all others are just filling the gap. Atiku is filling the gap, and all the others too, because people don’t listen to them anymore.”

President Tinubu defeated Obi during the 2023 presidential election, after the former Anambra state governor came a distant third. Obi is believed to be bracing up to contest the 2027 election even though he has yet to declare under what political party.

Also, Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate in the last election has vowed to contest against the incumbent having lost the election since 2007 when he started contesting for  the highest office in the country.

Meanwhile, analysts insist that the former vice president support base, particularly in the northern part of the country has been bolstered after dumping the PDP for  the African Democratic Congress, ADC.