2023: Peter Obi Will Fail, Says Governor Soludo

By Charity Uwakwe

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has alleged that Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP), is not oblivious of his awaiting defeat in the forthcoming 2023 general election.

In his article titled: ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’which was made public on Monday, Soludo asserted that Mr. Obi cannot deny knowing about his impending downfall in the election.

Furthermore, he opined that the probability of the former Governor of Anambra State coming third in the election was completely out of the question.

Speaking without mincing words, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) said:

“Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too; and he knows that we know,” the article reads in part.

“The game he is playing is the main reason he didn’t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for president: the rest is exciting drama!

“That many Americans may not like the fact that Joe Biden (79 years) and Donald Trump (76 years) are two frontrunners for president in their parties does not remove the fact that if both of them emerge as candidates, definitely one of them will be president in 2024.

“As my brother, I wish him well and even pray for him. I told him during his courtesy call that my prayer is that himself or Prof Umeadi of APGA would win, why not?

“That is from my heart, but I also told him that my head and facts on the ground led me to know that it’s probability is next to zero (what I cannot say before you, I won’t say behind you).

“So I already told him my opinion. Indeed, there is no credible pathway for him near the first two positions, and if care is not taken, he won’t even near the third position”, he said.