Politics

Entire South-South No Longer With Peter Obi – APC Chairman, Yilwatda

The All Progressives Congress (APC), National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, has claimed that the entire South-South are no longer with Labour Party (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi

, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Naijaonpoint reports that Yilwatda made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Monday.

The APC chieftain said Christians communities and states like Plateau, Nasarawa, and a few other northern states, who supported Peter Obi in 2023 was mainly due to religious sentiments.

According to Yilwatda the entire South-Sourt are now fully backing President Bola Tinubu.

He said, “In 2023 how many governors were in APC, how many do we have now? In 2023 how many House of Assembly members did we have? How many do we have now? Then we had over 50 senators now, we have over 90 senators.

“Some states like Plateau, Nasarawa, and a few other northern states, Christian communities supported Peter Obi in 2023 mainly due to religious sentiment.

“Are those sentiments still there? The answer is no, Today, they are fully with President Tinubu from the governors to NASS members are with Mr President.

“The South South was purely with PDP and Obi but Today all of them, the entire South South is now with Tinubu.”