Apostle Babatunde Oguntimehin, President of the Nigeria Coalition of Pastors for Good Leaders, has stated reasons why the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential nominee, Peter Obi, will not win the upcoming general election.
Oguntimehin emphasized that, while Obi is a fine person and a Christian, he lacks the political power to win the presidential race.
According to him, he has yet to see Obi’s handshake across the country that will give him enough votes to become president, “unless we are misleading ourselves.”
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Anaedoonline.ng reports that Oguntimehin told Punch that he had nothing against Obi’s candidature, “I am only being realistic politically. I want to tell his followers that he cannot win the presidential election for now.”
He queried who are “the governors, prominent politicians in the North backing Peter Obi and can give him bloc votes?”
The Apostle also submitted that “On Peter Obi. But we have looked at it critically, we should not miss this chance for power to come to the South. Peter Obi is a good person and a Christian like me, I am not against his candidature. I am only being realistic politically. I want to tell his followers that he cannot win the presidential election for now. He has yet to get the political muscle to do that.
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“Buhari had constantly been winning elections in the North but until he shook hands across the Niger, he couldn’t become President. Obi is not even as popular in the South as Buhari was in the North. I am yet to see the handshake of Peter Obi across the length and breadth of the country that can give him enough votes to become the President, except we are deceiving ourselves. Who are the governors, and prominent politicians in the North backing Peter Obi and can give him bloc votes?”
He went on to say that the Abuja pastors are not supporting political parties, but rather candidates, and that “our pastors are from the grassroots.” Forget about the multitudes in those (large) churches; they might not show up to vote on election day. I have nothing against Senior Pastor Paul Enenche, Adeboye, or others; we respect them and cannot speak negatively about them. I’m just trying to be politically realistic.
” The basis (of our decision) should be good governance and not same faith ticket. Peter Obi, who is a Christian, can get there tomorrow and mess up. Priority should be on who can give us good governance. Bola Ahmed is the only qualified candidate. He is a good man.”
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