Why Obi Will Go Down As Nigeria’s ‘Most Dangerous Politician’ – APC PCC

Why Obi Will Go Down As Nigeria’s ‘Most Dangerous Politician’ – APC PCC

According to the All Progressives Congress campaign council, the way the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, rode the waves of religion and ethnicity in Saturday’s election demonstrates that he will be remembered as the country’s “most dangerous and divisive politician.”

Dele Alake, the PCC’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, made the claim during a press conference in Abuja to address allegations of rigging and collusion with the electoral umpire.

On Wednesday, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, was declared the winner of Saturday’s hotly contested presidential election.

Tinubu received 8,794,726 votes, outnumbering the LP’s flag bearer and closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, by 6,984,520 and 6,101,533 votes, respectively.

However, both Atiku and Obi have contested the results, claiming that the election was marred by violence and massive rigging.

As a result, they have decided to take their case to court in order to seek redress.

While mocking LP’s attempt to convince the court, Alake stated that he couldn’t imagine how a divisive politician like Obi could exploit Nigerian youths who were desperately looking for a hero.

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He said, “For Obi, he would go down as Nigeria’s most dangerous and divisive politician. He elevated his well-known clannish mentality to a most unfortunate height by openly anchoring his campaign on religion and ethnicity. He presented himself as a poster boy for and a champion of our country’s fault lines.

“He took advantage of our youths whose expectations are fast paced, who are uninterested in excuses, and who were in search of a hero. He pumped up their sentiments and rode on their emotions while grandstanding as a saviour. It was a false pretence. Obi’s credentials are eternally stained as a former governor with no remarkable legacy.

“Not a few of our youths thought Peter Obi looked like the leader they wanted and many of them could not tolerate any form of scrutiny of their newfound hero. They chose wilfully to canonise him while insisting no one should ask questions. The combination of the disgruntled youths, the ethnic champions, and commercial clerics was the reason Obi thought he could win a presidential election in Nigeria. Such illogic is not strange to the Labour Party.

“If Labour Party could not fill up its quota for polling booth agents with a shortfall of over 40, 000, how did it intend to compete with political parties like APC and PDP? It would be interesting to see what evidence of rigging Labour Party will present before the court when the party could not appoint agents to monitor nearly a quarter of the venues of election,” he said.

While applauding Obi and Atiku’s decision to take their fight to the courts, Alake stated that it would take a miracle for them to overturn the election results in court.

The former Lagos commissioner reiterated that by the end of their journey, the APC train would have left the station in its quest to make Nigeria a better place for all Nigerians.

“As we look forward to an encounter with both the PDP and LP at the court, we want to enjoin the two of them to pursue their grievances with decorum. They should encourage their members, supporters, and ethnic and religious consultants to follow the path of the rule of law.

“The claim that INEC did not use the BVAS is false. Those who voted across Nigeria, including Atiku and Obi, were accredited by BVAS. Save for bad losers that these two people have proved to be, we should rather be celebrating the tremendous improvement the use of BVAS has brought to our electoral process. The complaint over the electronic transmission of the result is not supported by law.

“Section 38 of the Electoral Act 2022 referred to by the PDP and LP has nothing to do with transmission of election results. Section 60, subsection 2 of the Act deals with transmission of results and it is at the discretion of INEC. The Act does not contain any mandatory provision regarding the transmission of results,” he stated.

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