Mr Kenneth Okonkwo, a Labour Party (LP) chieftain, believes that his party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has already won the 2023 presidential election.
During an appearance on a Channels Television program monitored by The Herald, the actor turned politician stated that the election is between Mr Obi and others, but that statistics on the ground indicate that the former governor of Anambra State has already won the election.
When asked if the LP presidential candidate can truly win the election, Mr Okonkwo stated that Peter Obi has demonstrated an uncanny character and the ability to serve the nation as an impactful leader.
“He has already won, check the analysis like I have always told you; take it by polls, there are three polls that have come out, ANAP, We-Together and Bloomberg; in the first one he scored 23, in the second one 53 and in the third one he scored 75.
“Soon and very soon, before the election reaches when the two candidates will unravel and I am sure they are already unravelling, then it will now be Peter Obi and others.
“Because then collectively at the polling poll, they will not have up to five per cent and whenever you don’t get up to five per cent you’ll be classified as others.
“So it is going to be Peter Obi and others, there is no other candidate.
Peter Obi is not bias – LP
Speaking further about his party’s presidential candidate, Mr Okonkwo, a lawyer, stated that, unlike some other candidates in the 2023 presidential race, Mr Obi does not play politics with any ethnic bias.
According to him, the other major candidates in the 2023 election are already playing the ethnic card, but Obi is the only one who is nationalistic in his approach and advocates for a united Nigeria where true transformation is possible.
“Let’s talk about sectional politics, as I have said, Atiku went to the north and said northerners should vote only for somebody from the North, not Yoruba, not Igbo. What can be more ethnic than that?
“Tinubu went to Ogun state and said it is the turn of the Yorubas and when it comes down to the Yorubas, it is my turn; that is the meaning of E mi lokan.
“What can be more sectional than that?
“Peter Obi went to the Igbo people and at the risk of losing their votes, he told them, “do not vote for me because I am Igbo, vote for me because I’m a man of competence, character and capacity. And Nigerians, he said, it is not the turn of anybody. In 2023, it is the turn of Nigerians,” the LP stalwart asserted.
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