Peter Obi rising popularity worries Obaseki, warns PDP, APC

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed worry over the rising popularity of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, among Nigerians ahead of the 2023 general elections.

He warned the two top political parties in the country — Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Party — to watch out as many people are beginning to search for an alternative.

Obaseki spoke in an interview with African Independent Television on the just concluded Ekiti governorship election, saying the future of politics in the country was changing.

In a video posted on the verified Instagram page of the publisher of Ovasion, Dele Momodu, the Edo governor said, “How can PDP, the party; not win? They were not even number two. So, you can see that something is going on and we do not want this to be a trend. The future of our politics in this country is changing.

“I do not know whether you are closely watching what is going on; the level of disenchantment within the parties. I am sure in all of our homes now, we have so many people now who call themselves ‘Obidients’.

“I don’t know whether you have them in your house. Just ask them, ‘which party are you?’, they say ‘Obidients’; you understand. They do not want us; they are not talking about PDP or APC. They are looking for alternatives and they are many. You see all of them queuing for their PVCs now. They are not looking at the direction of the PDP or the APC now. They are looking for alternatives.

“If we do not curb this, if we do not make our party attractive, I do not know what will happen in the next elections.”