PRESS RELEASE

January 10, 2023

Atiku-Okowa Campaign Mocks Obi On Choice Of A Miniature Stadia For Presidential Rally, Says He Is Unpopular In His Home State.

The Atiku-Okowa presidential campaign in Anambra state has mocked the Labour Party's presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, for his preference of a miniature stadia located in a church premises in the commercial hub of Onitsha as the venue for his rally in the state.

This has reaffirmed our long-held belief that Peter Obi is not popular in Anambra, as frequently asserted, and would ultimately fail to win the election on home turf.

The decision of All Saints Anglican Church miniature stadia is to cover his unpopularity at home while also renting audiences from the church and those in Onitsha for business.

Obi, who served as governor for two terms, should have used Awka's popular Alex Ekwueme Square, where large-scale campaign rallies are held.

As governor, Obi never held rallies anywhere other than the popular Alex Ekwueme Square; one could question why he avoided the square and instead chose a location ten times (10x) smaller in size and capacity. This suggests that Peter Obi is nothing but an effect of social media grandstanding rather than domestic popularity.

Because of his dismal record as governor, Peter Obi is hesitant to hold his rally in Awka. Obi underdeveloped Awka for eight years as governor; he turned the supposed capital territory into a mere rural environment and made it unproductive; there are no signature projects anywhere in Awka that have his administration's imprints; he left Awka a rural village and is now afraid to campaign at the state capital because he will not get any support from the residents.

It is sad that the Labour candidate left and chose Onitsha instead, where he will have access to the more than fifty (50) busy markets in the city, as major markets in and around Onitsha will be opening for the year today, which is why he chose to schedule his campaign rally on the same day so as to exploit the vulnerability of the commercial city. These and more are cogent proof that Obi is unpopular in Anambra State.

With the success of the PDP presidential rally and the crowds that swarmed Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka on December 15, 2022, to receive Atiku Abubakar, GCON, and Senator Ifeanyichukwu Okowa, CON, those are indications that the PDP controls and will continue to control the votes in Anambra State.

We are urging southerners and the entire Ndi-Igbo to not put our political future in the hands of political waste pickers because of sentiment and emotions; February polls are not for sentiment or trial and error, but a reality we must embrace and mainstream our region and, most importantly, Anambra State to the National Grid through support for Atiku-Okowa's ticket.

Uloka Chukwubuike
Deputy Director Media and Publicity,
Atiku-Okowa Campaign Anambra State.

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We all love Peter Obi

Peter Obi on everyone's lips. It shows that there is truly hope for Nigeria. We just need to make sure failures like APC are voted out.

Imagine PDP talking about another Candidate every single second instead of focusing on marketing that Dubai resident.

So Southeasterners are now the deciders of this election even with the 5% they're mocked with?

PDP is really a uselèss party.

Lol the incompetent, failure, ineffectual and delusional flat.head did a tactical detour to church premises to avoiding anger and frustration arising from his misdeeds as the governor

He thinks na by open gap teeth dey take rule

Tinubu is our man. The best of all candidates. The best man for the job. The incoming president.

Where is that poll that Atiku got zero in Anambra State?

Everyone in Anambra political space knows the OP Uloka Aminu as a political jobber who writes for the highest bidder. I thought he is still in APC because he was there just last year little did I know he is now in PDP blowing Vuvuzela for Atiku. Surprised you haven't changed your name to Mustapha to suit the Atiku nothern agenda.