Daniel Bwala, special adviser to President Bola Tinubu on policy communication, says Peter Obi would not become the presidential or vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Speaking in an interview on The Clarity Zone Podcast, Bwala claimed that Obi lacks the capacity to serve as director-general of any coalition movement.
“After the election, he lost everybody he was leading. He had members in the house of representatives. How many are there in the national assembly?” Bwala asked.
“The only governor he had… is the governor with him or with us? In fact, I have not seen one that identifies with him at the moment. All the elections he has gone across Nigeria supporting candidates… all of them failed.
“He started with PDP, then went to APGA. In APGA, he came back to PDP. From PDP, he went to Labour,” he said.
“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.”
Bwala further said Obi will not secure even a quarter of the votes he recorded in the 2023 presidential election.
Obi, a former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general election, polled 6,101,533 votes to come a distant third behind candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The presidential aide said Obi’s political rise was driven by a fleeting opportunity rather than enduring grassroots strength.
“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.”
Bwala further said Obi will not secure even a quarter of the votes he recorded in the 2023 presidential election.
Obi, a former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last general election, polled 6,101,533 votes to come a distant third behind candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The presidential aide said Obi’s political rise was driven by a fleeting opportunity rather than enduring grassroots strength.
Bwala also described Obi as “an actor” in Nigeria’s political space, noting that his appeal was based on “make-believe” rather than political reality.
