The Obidient Motion has clapped again at Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Motion Congress (AAC), over his declare that Peter Obi isn’t an opposition determine.
Sowore, talking on Channels Tv’s Inside Sources, dismissed Obi’s stance on nationwide points.
“I don’t know why anyone refers to Peter Obi as an opposition,” he mentioned, insisting Obi “will not be against something the federal government is doing.”
He additionally criticised the previous Anambra governor for staying silent when gas costs have been hiked.
However the Nationwide Coordinator of the Obidient Motion, Yunusa Tanko, wasn’t having it.
He instructed Channels Tv that Obi stays a dominant drive in Nigeria’s political area.
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“So, the query we wish to ask is that this: when somebody will not be a worthy opposition, why do you retain speaking about him? As we stand at the moment in Nigerian politics, in the event that they don’t discuss Peter Obi, none of them will get traction. None.
“Whether or not he goes to the bathroom, speaks, or makes an announcement, it turns into information. That’s the extent of Peter Obi’s relevance in at the moment’s political dispensation,” Tanko mentioned.
He additionally slammed Senate President Godswill Akpabio for his current dig at Obi throughout a valedictory session for the late Chief Edwin Clark.
“To some extent that Peter Obi was mentioned at a valedictory service by no much less an individual than the Senate President not even on nationwide coverage, however on character assassination. That claims lots.
“They need to enable Peter Obi to proceed doing what he’s doing difficult the institution for the pursuits of the Nigerian individuals, which he’ll proceed to do, and which we are going to proceed to assist,” Tanko added.
