Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi is yet to personally react to Charles Soludo's latest outburst against him.
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has ignored a recent outburst by Governor Charles Soludo against him.
Soludo in a lengthy article on Monday had claimed that Obi can’t win the 2023 presidency.
He also revealed that he had begged Obi to contest for presidency under his party which Obi refused.
The Anambra Governor in his article titled “History Beckons and I will not be Silent (Part 1)” said Obi knows the game he is playing, they also know the game but one thing that is clear is that the LP candidate can’t win the 2023 polls.
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria added further that Obi is paving the way for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu to have a clear path to the presidency because he is taking votes away from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Among other things said in the letter Soludo also stated that Obi may not even come third in the 2023 presidential race because elections are not won on social media.
There have been various reactions for and against the strongly-worded letter from Soludo but Naija News observed that as of Tuesday morning, Obi is yet to personally give a response or react to the statement about his 2023 presidential ambition.
However, in a statement on Monday night, the Special Adviser to Obi on Public Affairs, Katch Ononuju, said Soludo’s comments will not and cannot dent Obi’s image and popularity which the Nigerian youths have given to him.
Ononuju added that the attacks by South East politicians such as Soludo show that the LP presidential candidate is a national project.
He said, “Peter Obi is indeed a Nigerian project, politicians from the South East including his governor have made statements attacking him in public without denting his reputation nor his popularity. His resilience is due to the trust and support of Nigerians. Peter Obi is a national project, politicians from the Southeast also attack him.
“Youths are supporting Peter Obi because he’s the most competent and trustworthy candidate and the only one amongst the candidates that we can hold accountable. Tinubu and Atiku made several promises to Nigerians when they conspired to install Buhari.”