Nollywood actor and politician, Yul Edochie, has mentioned that former Labour Get together presidential candidate Peter Obi can not grow to be Nigeria’s president presently.
Edochie made the assertion in a put up shared on his official X account on Tuesday, the place he downplayed Obi’s political affect and criticised his reported involvement in opposition coalition talks forward of the 2027 normal elections.
In keeping with him, Obi’s alleged alignment with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) is already “lifeless on arrival” and a “complete waste of time.”
He wrote, “Any political get together Peter Obi joins will scatter. No matter he’s doing with ADC is lifeless on arrival. A complete waste of time. It’s not a bodily downside. It’s deeper than that.
“I’m stunned he doesn’t know this already. Or possibly he is aware of however chooses to disregard it. However the reality stays the reality. Peter Obi can’t be President of Nigeria now.”
Edochie, a recognized supporter of President Bola Tinubu, additional argued that Obi’s political energy is usually overstated and that his participation in coalition efforts might weaken moderately than strengthen such alliances.
The actor, who contested the 2017 Anambra State governorship election beneath the Democratic Peoples Congress, has lately grow to be more and more vocal on nationwide political points, steadily taking robust positions on opposition figures.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, was the Labour Get together’s presidential candidate within the 2023 normal election, the place he emerged as a serious third-force contender with robust youth and concrete help.
Forward of the 2027 elections, he has been linked to ongoing consultations amongst opposition figures, together with coalition discussions involving the ADC. He not too long ago joined different political actors in presenting the get together as a possible platform to problem Tinubu, calling for unity amongst opposition forces.
At a public occasion in Enugu, Obi reportedly described the coalition effort as a motion to “rescue Nigeria from poverty, disunity and democratic decline.”
Regardless of hypothesis about inner divisions inside the opposition, Obi has dismissed issues that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar might dominate or “hijack” any coalition association involving the ADC.
Talking throughout a go to to LEA Main College in Abuja, Obi described Atiku as a “pricey elder brother and revered chief,” taking part in down fears of rivalry inside the rising opposition bloc.