Dr. Akin Osuntokun, the director general of the Labour Party, said in an interview with Arise TV that Peter Obi’s possible switch to the PDP would only make sense if he was assured of the presidency. If not, Obi would be perceived as having abandoned his original eight-year plan and lost a lot of support. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
He expressed the view that this move would be perceived as a betrayal, especially in the south-west and other southern regions, where Obi’s actions would be easily misrepresented as those of a self-serving politician.
According to him, “If he’s not going to be the presidential candidate (PDP), he (Obi) will not only have embarked on a futile exercise, he’ll lose a lot of his support for the reason that I mentioned earlier, especially that he will be abbreviating the eight years that are expected. In the south-west, almost every zone in the south will have a grudge against him. Why are you doing this? It’ll be so easy to demonise him. A sellout, a greedy politician, so I can see circumstances of him going back to the PDP other than being invited to become a presidential candidate.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
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