Despite joining the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Peter Obi will not contest the presidential election under the party’s platform, according to Daniel Bwala, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Policy Communication.
The presidential aide, while speaking on Clarity Zone Podcast said Obi will soon dump the party after realising that it’s impossible for him to achieve his presidential ambition.
The magazine reports that the former Anambra state governor officially joined the ADC from Labour Party, under whose platform he contested the 2023 presidential election.
He’s being touted as one of the presidential hopefuls in the party, which also has Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president as one of the aspirants seeking to fly its ticket in the 2027 election.
Some analysts watching what is going on in the ADC insist that it will be hard for the former governor to beat Abubakar to the ticket. They said Obi will eventually settled for the vice presidential candidate of the party, with Abubakar emerging the presidential candidate.
Supporters of the former governor, including Prof Pat Utomi, Aisha Yesufu, and others have warned him not to settle for the second fiddle, saying they will be forced to abandon him if he chose to run for vice president.
Bwala however said Obi will be frustrated out of the ADC when he fails to emerge as the presidential candidate, adding that the former governor will also not settle for the position of a running mate.
Bwala: “He started with PDP, then went to APGA. In APGA, he came back to PDP. From PDP, he went to Labour.
“Right now, when you hear people talk about being between the devil and the deep blue sea, he is between ADC and Labour.
“He will not be the presidential candidate, he will not be the vice-presidential candidate. Peter Obi is going to run on a platform other than Labour and other than ADC.”
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