Momodu also said despite Peter Obi’s popularity among the youths and the Igbo population in Lagos, his chances in the South-West are slim
By Kehinde Okeowo
Newspaper Publisher and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu has said his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar or the All Progressives Congress, (APC) flagbearer, Bola Tinubu will win the South-West region in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.
Momodu made the statement while on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Monday, October 10, where he ruled out the chances of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
According to the renowned journalist, crowds at rallies cannot determine who will win elections.
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He also argued that Obi’s good showing in Delta State during a recent rally was because of the state’s proximity to South-East, where Obi hails from.
He said “Rallies alone will not win an election. I have no doubt that Peter Obi is a popular candidate but don’t forget the proximity of the South-East to Delta state. They are almost one and the same.
“We can make all the noise. You saw what happened in the last gubernatorial election in Osun state. There was no party outside those two (PDP and APC) that could make an appreciable impact,” he added.
Momodu, the PDP Director of Strategic Communications, noted that the 2023 presidential race is solely between the PDP and the APC.
He also said Lagos State votes will be split between the ruling party, APC the main opposition, PDP, but noted that LP will have a good showing in the state because of the Igbo population.
Momodu added, “By the time you come to Lagos, which is the traditional base of Asiwaju and of APC, you’re going to split into three because of the preponderance of the Igbo community,” he said.
“There would be Asiwaju, followed by Atiku, and followed by Obi because there is a large number of Igbo people there and youth who believe in Obi. And that’s the most cosmopolitan state in Nigeria.
“But the moment you start moving into Ogun State, Oyo State, where PDP is king today, then you go to Osun State.
“In Ogun state, we will compete favourably. It’s going to be between Asiwaju and Atiku; there is no way Obi is going to get 25 percent in Ogun State; he is not going to get it in Oyo State, he’s not going to get it in Osun State,”