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Prince Kassim Afegbua, a former Commissioner for Information in Edo State, has described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections as a desperate politician who is ready to do anything, including dining with the devil to become Nigeria’s president.

In an opinion article titled ‘A Word For Peter Obi on Edo Election’, Afegbua said Obi talks too much and his understanding of crucial issues is too low owing to his drab intellectuality.

He said “To say that he is garrulous may be an overreach, but he comes across as a man with no scruples; one whose intellectuality is drab, and understanding of issues, somewhat limited. He makes statements before weighing their implications. Since Peter Obi garnered this nascent Obidient movement for the 2023 election, he maintains a belief that he can conquer most voters, and ride like a rollercoaster to Aso Villa.

His political strategies are as pedestrian as the thought process that bakes them. He’s been jumping from one party to another looking for political anchorage that would birth his ambition. He’s ready to dine with the devil to clear the coast for him. He’s learnt from his Catholicism, that he can find and pay a Judas Iscariot to betray others and enthrone him. He even seems ready to pay tithe to supernatural creatures to up his game and his ambition. When ambition, like Obi’s drives the adrenaline of a man, and not the man driving his ambition, he can settle for all kinds of macabre dance.

I read a piece in which Peter Obi made reference to the Edo election, using his peculiar sentiments in the 2023 election as the basis to score Edo election low. The candidate of the PDP cried wolf, got into the tribunal and ended up not substantiating his cry. He brought in witnesses like Obi boasted in 2023, got into the tribunal and could not advance anything concrete within the concentric framework of the issues being canvassed. He hoisted blue murder, but failed woefully to defend his claim of electoral heist. He mounted the soap box, promoted media trial to the tilt, but when it was time to present evidence to substantiate his claims, he was vapid.

Politics is beyond mere noise making; it has to substantiated by ideology and people sentiment to be meaningful, and particularly so. For democracy to be effective; it must be reasonable, content-driven and rich in ideas to generate the right reception; most of all for a democracy, it must be appealing to most citizens, for success and optimum impact.

Peter Obi has failed severally to advance real ideas that could counter what he condemns and is clearly not appealing to most citizens. I haven’t seen his self acclaimed cutting-edge knowledge in his analyses of critical sectors of the economy; his perspectives are shallow and banal. His statements and commentaries are the same as what an average Nigerian could make: no depth, no paradigm shifts.

The Edo election he lamented, was Edo people’s own way of punishing former Governor Obaseki for his misdemeanor in public office, and his anti people policies. If allowed, Obaseki almost ground our sense of communalism to a halt through his divide and rule tactics. Being combative and cantankerous was certain; additionally, being divisive was his stock in trade. Peter Obi now comes near, to criticize the same wounded people for intentionally making their way out of their Egypt? He surely is redolent of a drunk!

The Labour Party that has evinced their knack for brewing crisis; they could only manage to score a little above 22,000 votes in all in that election Obi is analyzing. He was even MIA when he was most needed to assist his party’s candidate to campaign. He was deaf and dumb before, during and after the election, especially after his party’s candidate, was thoroughly pummeled at, with choice words.

Obi then resurfaced and wanted him to go to the tribunal, but reality dawned on Olu Akpata, not to waste precious resources further, in seeking to invalidate the outcome of the election. It was clear to him that he performed abysmally poor. He self respectingly stayed away from the exercise of tribunal; unlike Obi who continued to exploit his chances to self exhaustion and wanted to upturn President Tinubu’s victory, by clutching at every flotsam to stay afloat in his desperation to become President. His strategy was to make all the noise through media trial; but when it was time to provide evidence to substantiate his claims, Obi ended up fishing for elephants in his swimming pool. The Edo PDP man, Asue Ighodalo, must have taken lessons from him; pity!”.
https://thescrutinyng.com/2027-peter-obi-desperate-ready-to-dine-with-the-devil-to-become-president-afegbua/

The people that are desperate are you guys who continue to call the name of Peter Obi, distracting him from chewing his chicken drumstick in his dining room this Sunday afternoon

You are desperate to stop him because we all know Peter Obi will end corruption in Nigeria, thereby ending the careers of criminals in government who has stopped the common masses from benefitting from the riches of resources under their feet in this country.

And so what's your business with that did your present president not do the same.

Tinubu did worst, he practically bought all the boughtable

Always attacking Obi even though he’s not the one that took dollar to N1650. Did he make pure water N500/per bag? Abi na em make transport to east from Lagos that was N10k before, now N30k? Abi na Obi make bag of rice N100k? Face the failure Tinubu and pray he doesn’t come back, if not una go suffer well well.

Afegbua wants to be recorded as part of those that attack obi on behalf of the president
What's their business with whomever he dines with,very funny people, they are free to dine with whoever they can ,including reno,who called the president drug lord or bwala, but obi is not free as if obi is in their custody to watch over

They're already shaking and trying to play mind games.

This is definitely a winning ticket

The silence of Peter Giringory Obi is really paining these gorillas seriously

KillahPriest:
The silence of Peter Giringory Obi is really paining these gorillas seriously

Its killing them slowly.

APC fears Obi!!! Just for being on the same programme with ElRufai, APC and their apologists are in scary mode.

Some people will pee on themselves when they begin to see the PO campaign train in 2027. It will be the Exodus of the people versus Pharaoh Tinubu and his 1500 gullible soldiers politicians

Even this toad dey open mouth for Okwute?
Wonders shall never end.

Too obvious and glaring. He wouldn't mind

So as his supporters

Obi is killing them with suspense
They thought it was all about killing the PDP or celebrating defection.

After celebrating defections of those whom they once called devil to their fold Obi who is a single man remains a pain in their ass.

PresidObi:


The people that are desperate are you guys who continue to call the name of Peter Obi, distracting him from chewing his chicken drumstick in his dining room this Sunday afternoon

You are desperate to stop him because we all know Peter Obi will end corruption in Nigeria, thereby ending the careers of criminals in government who has stopped the common masses from benefitting from the riches of resources under their feet in this country.

He will end corruption in Nigeria like he did in The Apga & Anambra State abi by stoping perceived criminals like Obiano from getting power serving their 8 years, & handing over the reins?

The Apga was too corrupt for Gringory Obi, hence he had to port to the Pdp, Pdp was too corrupt hence he had to port to the LP?

The LP has no need for the wandering political hobo loser anymore, now he will port back to the Pdp, since they intend to give their presidential slot to a South easterner to run against the president from the South West.

Tinubu did same thing..
Is called political strategy

Yes, he is currently dinning with the shirt man devil from Kaduna who was wiping away Christians from Southern Kaduna

SpatialKing:
Tinubu did same thing..
Is called political strategy

Ok in 2027 Nigerians will vote out a sitting Yoruba President from the South West, & replace him with a nonentity desperado trader turned politician from the South East abi?

magoo10:
Obi is killing them with suspense
They thought it was all about killing the PDP or celebrating defection.

After celebrating defections of those whom they once called devil to their fold Obi who is a single man remains a pain in their ass.

Obi as a single man in the political wilderness of Nigerian politics reminds me of John the Baptist in the wilderness creed, anyone who has understanding of the scripture, is aware that it did not end well for John The Baptist.

favor914:
Obi as a single man reminds me of John the Baptist in the scripture, everyone is aware that it did not end well for John The Baptist.

Is it only john the baptist you know in the Bible? How about mentioning all of them including Peter the rock and also remind me how he ended.
If the failure in Aso Rock was performing we wouldn't be talking about elections that is almost 2years away.

favor914:
Ok in 2027 Nigerians will vote out a sitting Yoruba President from the South West, & replace him with a nonentity desperado trader turned politician from the South East abi?

In 2015 Tinubu supported and voted out a Solid South South president just to elect a drunkard Buhari...

He no build 'bridge' ..wahala

He 'build bridge' wahala


Agbadolatry na disease

DMerciful:
They're already shaking and trying to play mind games.

This is definitely a winning ticket

Anambra Man U still dey deceive yourself?

I'm from Delta State

Burob:
Anambra Man U still dey deceive yourself?

And how is it Afegbua business?

favor914:
Obi as a single man in the political wilderness of Nigerian politics reminds me of John the Baptist in the wilderness creed, anyone who has understanding of the scripture, is aware that it did not end well for John The Baptist.

that battery they use in charging you at busstops will soon die off.because they programed you to support druglord from Lagos State shouldn't make you crazy at the same time

We all know that obi is too desperate going from one church to mosque. He will still fail.

specialmati:
that battery they use in charging you at busstops will soon die off.because they programed you to support druglord from Lagos State shouldn't make you crazy at the same time

Na new Duracell rechargeable battery long lasting them done order for u, u go need am till your Agulu Fraudster retire from politics after the 2027 general election.

Who the gods want to punish, they first make mad.

The author made a very brilliant submission when he noted how Obi was never critical of his own party's candidate's loss but decided to insert himself over the post electoral court cases between the PDP and APC .

It just shows how Obi will use any trending issue to keep himself in the spotlight by making baseless , senseless and empty comments that only his banal vapid brained Obidient mob are addicted to .

Every other person is tired of hearing Obi open his mouth on issues that neither concern him , or to which he is guilty of but playing the saint or to which are far above his own intellectual capacity