Former governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, believes Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), will have an impact on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections.
Fayose made the remarks during an interview with Channels Television on Thursday.
Obi left the PDP for the LP in May and won the party’s presidential nomination.
In 2019, the former Anambra governor was the PDP’s vice-presidential candidate, while former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar was the presidential candidate.
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Obi’s involvement in the 2023 presidential race under the LP has sparked suspicion that the PDP’s votes may be divided in the 2023 election.
In response to the news, Fayose stated that the former Anambra governor may not receive the requisite 25% of votes in two-thirds of the states to be declared winner.
In order to win the presidency, the former Ekiti governor encouraged the PDP to engage with Obi while simultaneously resolving the party’s crisis by reconciling with the camp of Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike.
“Obi is a danger to watch out for. I don’t believe Obi will make 25 percent of votes in two-third of the states of the federation,” he said.
“I’m not against Obi. I love him and he is a very vibrant leader. I don’t believe he will get the required 25 percent of votes because of my permutations as Ayodele Fayose, but with God, nothing shall be impossible.
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“Let me say Obi is more of a chronic cancer to PDP and there is no denying.
“Let me give you an analysis. In south-west, people might not like to hear that, I don’t see how PDP will win. Anybody deceiving us can continue to deceive us.
“I don’t see how PDP will win in the south-east. South-south will be a combination of all interests. Let me come to the key states of the north.
“Without deceiving ourselves, there is so much work to do in the north-central. PDP and APC did not pick any candidate, either presidential or vice-presidential, from the north-central. The north-east is where the vice-presidential candidate of APC comes from.
“We will give Adamawa state to our party. Don’t forget there is still another Kwankwaso who is a semi-cancer that can equally upstage figures in the north.
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“Reconciling or negotiating with Obi will be a good thing and finding a way to make peace with these Wike people will be a good thing too.”
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