The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has declared that the presidential candidate of the Labor Party, Peter Obi, cannot win the 2023 election.
Soludo said Obi himself knew he could not win, adding that the standard LP was only playing the game.
The governor said this on Monday in an article titled “History Winks and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”
He said: “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows he cannot and will not win. He knows the game he’s playing, and we know it, and he knows we know it.
“The game being played is the main reason All Progressives did not return to the Grand Alliance. The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two people/parties running for president: the rest is exciting drama!
“The fact that many Americans would not like Joe Biden (age 79) and Donald Trump (age 76) to be two front-runners for president in their parties does not take away from the fact that if they both appear as candidates, one of them will definitely be president in 2024.
“As my brother, I wish him well and also pray. I told him in his courtesy call that my prayer would win him or Professor Umeadi of APGA, why not?
“That’s from my heart, but I told him that my head and the events on the ground led me to know that his probability is close to zero (what I can’t say before you, I won’t say behind you).
“So I already told him my opinion. In fact, there is no credible way for him to get anywhere near the top two, and unless he’s careful, he won’t even get anywhere near third.”
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