The Nationwide Secretary of the Labour Occasion (LP), Umar Farouk Ibrahim, has mentioned President Bola Tinubu is prone to safe re-election in 2027, predicting that Labour Occasion’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is not going to be on the poll.
Talking in an interview with Belief TV on Thursday, Ibrahim mentioned the opposition events have grow to be too “demoralised” to problem the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) successfully, including that Tinubu seems “comfy” heading into the subsequent election cycle.
“Tinubu might take his manner, after all sure,” the LP scribe mentioned.
He added: “While you have a look at these individuals contesting with Tinubu, in any match you see the opponents; are these actually opponents? Besides the referee needs to be giving them penalties, even with the penalties, there are individuals who will rating and there are those that will miss the penalties.”
He famous the APC shouldn’t be blamed for the disaster inside opposition events.
“I say it right here that for us in Labour Occasion, we would not have any motive for anybody to accuse APC of interfering in our inner disaster,” he mentioned.
Ibrahim additionally dismissed hypothesis that Peter Obi will as soon as once more run for president in 2027, saying the previous Anambra governor has distanced himself from the Labour Occasion.
“I can let you know, Obi just isn’t going to contest presidential election. Obi is having fun with media publicity however 2027, he’s not serious about it. We have now provided him presidential ticket, he rejected it.”
The LP Nationwide Secretary additional questioned Obi’s present political alignment, alleging that his latest strikes have created uncertainty about his occasion affiliation.
“Have a look at what is going on, why is he in ADC? Why does he belong in PDP? By which political occasion does he belong, the place will he get the ticket?” Ibrahim requested.
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