Obi no longer the third force, ‘even a child nine years old’ knows Soludo is into ‘absolute fallacy’
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
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“Soludo must be indulging in self-political delusion. Today, 90 per cent of polls done say Peter Obi is well ahead of the other contestants. It is no longer news that it is a three-cornered race.
“Even in the three-cornered race, we are no longer the third force. We have now taken over and bypassed the two establishment [candidates] and these two are now contesting for second and third positions.
“Soludo’s pronouncement has nothing to do with reality or common sense.”
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Labour Party (LP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Director General Doyin Okupe has dismissed as “ludicrous” and a lack of “common sense” the take of Anambra Governor Charles Soludo on the prospects of Peter Obi in the 2023 vote.
Soludo on Monday published History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1), an article in which he posited Obi cannot win the presidential election.
The long writeup has since generated widespread reactions particularly on social media, most of which criticised Soludo for his unprovoked tirade against Obi.
Ohanaeze issued a statement accusing Soludo of having been hired by the opposition for a hatchet job to run down the LP presidential candidate.
Okupe aired his own argument on Channels Television where he said Soludo’s comment on Obi is “ludicrous” because it is “a joke” for him to project Obi would get 25 per cent of votes in four states.
“I’m happy that he [Soludo] conceded that Peter Obi will win Anambra State. That is good news.
“Where he messed it up completely, and it makes the whole thing looks ludicrous, was when he said Peter Obi will get 25 per cent in maybe four states of the federation. That is a joke,” Okupe said.
“Soludo is a Professor of economics, not a soothsayer nor prophet. Definitely, he is not too grounded politically. [In] the five states in the South East, come rain and sunshine, nobody will beat Peter Obi.”
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Political delusion
Soludo spoke from a position of “political delusion”, Okupe insisted, according to reporting by The PUNCH.
“Ordinarily, I won’t join issue with Soludo, but so that people will not get disinformed by his very unsound judgment of the political status of the Labour Party in the Nigerian context, that is the only reason why I will say one or two words.
“He must be living on another planet. I don’t know what is blinding him for him to say that there are only two people in this race – [who belong to the] APC and PDP.
“Even a blind person and a young child of nine years old know that this is absolute fallacy.
“Soludo must be indulging in self-political delusion. Today, 90 per cent of polls done say Peter Obi is well ahead of the other contestants. It is no longer news that it is a three-cornered race.
“Even in the three-cornered race, we are no longer the third force. We have now taken over and bypassed the two establishment [candidates] and these two are now contesting for second and third positions.
“Soludo’s pronouncement has nothing to do with reality or common sense.”