Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party in Ebonyi, Nwoba Chika Nwoba has said former governor of Anambra, Peter Obi, will be the running mate of Atiku Abubakar.

Quest Times earlier reported a faction of the Labour Party led by its former Deputy National Chairman, Callistus Okafor, on Wednesday elected Digar Ezenwafor as its presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections.

Reacting to the development, Nwoba opined it is a “ploy to give reason as to why Obi will no longer be contesting office of the president on the platform of the Labour Party”.

“Former Governor Peter Obi will be the running mate of Atiku Abubakar of the PDP in the 2023 presidential election,” the PDP spokesperson declared in a Facebook post.

Details>>>https://www.thequesttimes.com/why-peter-obi-will-be-atikus-running-mate-pdp-spokesperson/

Funny, this will be from frying pan to fire for PDP

Super story

PDP need Obi more than Obi need them

Atiku should say bye bye to presidency then.

Atiku strongly believes In Obi no doubt but..

PrinceOfLagos:
Atiku strongly believes In Obi no doubt but..

Easy victory for APC then. Tinubu will simply go into an alliance with Wike to deliver the SS. Already, states like Edo, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom are toss up. Ignoring the SS and selecting a running mate from the SE will be the end of PDP.

If we can pacify Wike with Minister of defense then this is not bad ....Obi must align with PDP so we can beat Jagaban conveniently

seunmsg:


Easy victory for APC then. Tinubu will simply go into an alliance with Wike to deliver the SS. Already, states like Edo, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom are toss up. Ignoring the SS and selecting a running mate from the SE will be the end of PDP.

South south is not north were you buy over a big politician and get votes. South south is PDP if you need votes there bring a candidate loved by the masses. Secondly, Wike has no influence outside Obio/Akpor Local Government. In SE and SS nobody influence voting pattern apart from the actual contestants

That's how they would be analyzing rubbish.
Atiku must be the most foo lish man on earth and a political novice if he overlooks the governors in the South that worked for his emergence and goes back to pick Peter Obi,just for sentimental reasons.
First,for the slight alone,governors in the South like Okowa,Akwa Ibom and even Wike,would work against him,even openly or clandestinely working for Tinubu.
Secondly,obi as Atiku's vice would not necessarily get the same traction as he is getting now for wanting to run as a presidential candidate himself.
Thirdly,Obi is being overtly overrated as a candidate capable of winning a presidential election,much like Osinbajo was overrated as a top candidate.He cannot comfortably win even in the SEast because not many politicians there are so enamoured of his candidacy and not many Ibos are swayed by his candidature,despite him being an Iboman himself.
But all said and done,with or without Obi,Atiku CANNOT defeat Tinubu.
The mathematics,whichever permutation is used,is just not in Atiku's favour.
So all these speculation of Obi being on his ticket or not,are just academic exercises because he simply cannot defeat Tinubu.

XerXers:

South south is not north were you buy over a big politician and get votes. South south is PDP if you need votes there bring a candidate loved by the masses politician. Secondly, Wike has no influence outside Obio/Akpor Local Government. In SE and SS nobody influence voting pattern apart from the actual contestants

Stop deceiving yourself, the strongest political structure in an area will dictate who wins or not. Wike is the strongest political leader in the SS. He will heavily influence the outcome of the general election next year.

Apart from Wike, APC now has very serious heavyweights in the region. Oshiomole, Omo-Agege, Akpabio, Ben Ayade etc will pull massive crowd for the party. If Okowa is denied the VP slot, APC may flip Delta and Edo state at the presidential election.

seunmsg:


Stop deceiving yourself, the strongest political structure in an area will dictate who wins or not. Wike is the strongest political leader in the SS. He will heavily influence the outcome of the general election next year.

Apart from Wike, APC now has very serious heavyweights in the region. Oshiomole, Omo-Agege, Akpabio, Ben Ayade etc will pull massive crowd for the party. If Okowa is denied the VP slot, APC may flip Delta and Edo state at the presidential election.

Apc with Tinubu won't get %40 of any state in SS

doctokwus:
That's how they would be analyzing rubbish.
Atiku must be the most foo lish man on earth and a political novice if he overlooks the governors in the South that worked for his emergence and goes back to pick Peter Obi,just for sentimental reasons.
First,for the slight alone,governors in the South like Okowa,Akwa Ibom and even Wike,would work against him,even openly or clandestinely working for Tinubu.
Secondly,obi as Atiku's vice would not necessarily get the same traction as he is getting now for wanting to run as a presidential candidate himself.
Thirdly,Obi is being overtly overrated as a candidate capable of winning a presidential election,much like Osinbajo was overrated as a top candidate.He cannot comfortably win even in the SEast because not many politicians there are so enamoured of his candidacy and not many Ibos are swayed by his candidature,despite him being an Iboman himself.
But all said and done,with or without Obi,Atiku CANNOT defeat Tinubu.
The mathematics,whichever permutation is used,is just not in Atiku's favour.
So all these speculation of Obi being on his ticket or not,are just academic exercises because he simply cannot defeat Tinubu.

You have always supported apc like you supported buhari, we didn't expect you to say Atiku would win, sw votes alone can't make tinubu win

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Apc with Tinubu won't get %40 of any state in SS

APC will win Edo definitely. Delta and Cross River may flip to APC if Okowa is denied the ticket. Akwa Ibom should be like 40% for APC and David Lyon should be able to deliver nothing less than 40% in Bayelsa.

seunmsg:


APC will win Edo definitely. Delta and Cross River may flip to APC if Okowa is denied the ticket. Akwa Ibom should be like 40% for APC and David Lyon should be able to deliver nothing less than 40% in Bayelsa.

Same Tinubu that made apc and pastor iyamu to lose Is who Edo will now vote for president, keep dreaming, you don't know how tinubu is hated after betraying the ss in 2015

seunmsg:


Easy victory for APC then. Tinubu will simply go into an alliance with Wike to deliver the SS. Already, states like Edo, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom are toss up. Ignoring the SS and selecting a running mate from the SE will be the end of PDP.

Don't let me curse you,remove Edo from your mouth. Edo don't like tinubu,have that in mind.

People who know nothing are now political juggernauts on nairaland cos they have data

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Apc with Tinubu won't get %40 of any state in SS

so they won’t get that in edo n delta too?

U should rest with this your ever failing analysis

This might be a though opinion, nonetheless I'll share it.

Peter Obi should used the current factional problem in Labour Party as an excuse to retrace his steps back to the PDP. I believe there are smart south easterners that can manage that process.

He should recognize that he made a political mistake and explore options to fix it. Unless he/SE are not interested in winning, I don't see that dream happening through Labour Party.

He remains the most viable option to get the SE into Aso Rock. It might be a difficult assignment, but if they can get soft landing from other PDP zone and the VP slot given to him, then the SE will appear more serious in national politics.

ime2010:
This might be a though opinion, nonetheless I'll share it.

Peter Obi should used the current factional problem in Labour Party as an excuse to retrace his steps back to the PDP. I believe there are smart south easterners that can manage that process.

He should recognize that he made a political mistake and explore options to fix it. Unless he/SE are not interested in winning, I don't see that dream happening through Labour Party.

He remains the most viable option to get the SE into Aso Rock. It might be a difficult assignment, but if they can get soft landing from other PDP zone and the VP slot given to him, then the SE will appear more serious in national politics.

Obi Cubanna is better of

Reality3080:
so they won’t get that in edo n delta too?

U should rest with this your ever failing analysis

Edo and Delta is PDP, how will they get it, they didn't get it in 2015 and 2019,is it now a SS will be Vp or Tinubu that is hated

doctokwus:
That's how they would be analyzing rubbish.
Atiku must be the most foo lish man on earth and a political novice if he overlooks the governors in the South that worked for his emergence and goes back to pick Peter Obi,just for sentimental reasons.
First,for the slight alone,governors in the South like Okowa,Akwa Ibom and even Wike,would work against him,even openly or clandestinely working for Tinubu.
Secondly,obi as Atiku's vice would not necessarily get the same traction as he is getting now for wanting to run as a presidential candidate himself.
Thirdly,Obi is being overtly overrated as a candidate capable of winning a presidential election,much like Osinbajo was overrated as a top candidate.He cannot comfortably win even in the SEast because not many politicians there are so enamoured of his candidacy and not many Ibos are swayed by his candidature,despite him being an Iboman himself.
But all said and done,with or without Obi,Atiku CANNOT defeat Tinubu.
The mathematics,whichever permutation is used,is just not in Atiku's favour.
So all these speculation of Obi being on his ticket or not,are just academic exercises because he simply cannot defeat Tinubu.

I pray that Peter Obi will come back to pdp so that they can join hands to defeat the drug Lord. In fact if atiku pick Peter Obi as his running mate, Tinubu will be defeated before 10am. I am not a pdp fan but I will support atiku to beat this drug Lord.

doctokwus:
That's how they would be analyzing rubbish.
Atiku must be the most foo lish man on earth and a political novice if he overlooks the governors in the South that worked for his emergence and goes back to pick Peter Obi,just for sentimental reasons.
First,for the slight alone,governors in the South like Okowa,Akwa Ibom and even Wike,would work against him,even openly or clandestinely working for Tinubu.
Secondly,obi as Atiku's vice would not necessarily get the same traction as he is getting now for wanting to run as a presidential candidate himself.
Thirdly,Obi is being overtly overrated as a candidate capable of winning a presidential election,much like Osinbajo was overrated as a top candidate.He cannot comfortably win even in the SEast because not many politicians there are so enamoured of his candidacy and not many Ibos are swayed by his candidature,despite him being an Iboman himself.
But all said and done,with or without Obi,Atiku CANNOT defeat Tinubu.
The mathematics,whichever permutation is used,is just not in Atiku's favour.
So all these speculation of Obi being on his ticket or not,are just academic exercises because he simply cannot defeat Tinubu.

Sentiment my friend is what wins elections not reason, unfortunately. Do you know how powerful sentiment is? It moves the most liquid market in the world.

seunmsg:


Easy victory for APC then. Tinubu will simply go into an alliance with Wike to deliver the SS. Already, states like Edo, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom are toss up. Ignoring the SS and selecting a running mate from the SE will be the end of PDP.

I thought election of Buhari was end of pdp?
How many ends can there be...


Political analyst/Bolt driver

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Same Tinubu that made apc and pastor iyamu to lose Is who Edo will now vote for president, keep dreaming, you don't know how tinubu is hated after betraying the ss in 2015

Which stupid betraying......una never still get sense with dis nonsense, orji kalu and uzodinma supported lawan a northerner at d detriment of d south and no 1 is calling anybody betrayer....I can form alliance with whoever I so wish politically

We supported Jonathan in 2011 and he had don 6 years already as president so what's left, what did he do with those years for yoruba to keep supporting him for another 4years to make it 10

Most of u don't know anything about politics....una just foolish politically, emotional gullibility don't win election

HIGHESTPOPORI:
Edo and Delta is PDP, how will they get it, they didn't get it in 2015 and 2019,is it now a SS will be Vp or Tinubu that is hated

it is only igbos that hate tinubu n I believe u know that

U saw what northerners n south southerners did at d convention

It was only ogbonnaya onu that displayed madness as usual so no big deal nothing much is expected of an Igbo n u saw how he was ignored n everything went on smooth n fine

Remove igbos n u will realize nobody hates anybody

Reality3080:
it is only igbos that hate tinubu n I believe u know that

U saw what northerners n south southerners did at d convention

It was only ogbonnaya onu that displayed madness as usual so no big deal nothing much is expected of an Igbo n u saw how he was ignored n everything went on smooth n fine

Remove igbos n u will realize nobody hates anybody

SS hate Tinubu, have you forgotten Edo no be Lagos mantra when Tinubu made that video supporting Pastor Ize Iyamu.Is Edo Igbo?

Always try to begin your day with healthy breakfast. E get why.

Jagznation:
People who know nothing are now political juggernauts on nairaland cos they have data

Thank you!
Very annoying something

Using being anonymous to seek relevancy

seunmsg:


Easy victory for APC then. Tinubu will simply go into an alliance with Wike to deliver the SS. Already, states like Edo, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom are toss up. Ignoring the SS and selecting a running mate from the SE will be the end of PDP.

You are dreaming sir! Wike go into alliance with tinubu? Wake up from sleep sir