Former vice president and candidate for the presidency of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, Atiku Abubakar, has said that Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) lacks a political structure that can ensure his success.
Atiku said he does not anticipate the Labour Party taking a huge vote from the PDP, as some have suggested, in an interview with Arise TV on Friday.
He pointed out that this could have been shown at the recently finished Osun State governorship election.
According to the former vice president, the Labour Party’s presidential nominee is solely active on social media and lacks any nationwide political structure.
They claim to have 100 million internet fans, but you just saw how they did in Osun. In the North, 90% of the population does not use the internet.
What is the Labour Party’s performance? The party that is not have a state governor, No representatives in the national assembly, and state assembly members.
The structures you have at these different levels – at the local government level – determine how politics works in this country.
both at the state and federal levels. Therefore, expecting a miracle to happen just because Peter Obi is a member of the Labour Party is quite challenging, he said.
After all, they claimed to have more over 1 million votes in Osun State via social media. But how many voters cast ballots for the Labour Party, he added