Scholar, activist, and former presidential candidate, Prof. Pat Utomi, has said that Peter Obi's move from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, was a good Idea.
According to him, the former Labour Party presidential
candidate would have been trapped.
Utomi said with what was seen happened in the ADC with some
of their presidential aspirants such as Chibuike Amaechi and Mohammed
Hayatu-deen complaining after the primaries and rejecting the outcome, it was a
pretty smart move on the part of the former Anambra State governor.
Peter Obi is now officially the presidential candidate of
the NDC.
He was formally handed the party’s flag at the weekend and
he went ahead to announce former Kano governor and the leader of the
Kwankwasiyya movement, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as his running mate.
Speaking on Arise News, Utomi said, “Even though we had
polling that suggested he [Obi] would defeat the other candidates within ADC,
but if the main players would allow a proper process.
“Let’s be very frank, both the way the process has been
managed generally across the board makes all the primary processes a complete
farce…
“More or less, imposing people, so they go through these
processes, as you know, make believe in a democratic process.”
Amaechi was one of the notable Nigerians who joined the
coalition party, the ADC and declared his interest to run for the presidency in
2027.
However, Amaechi lost the primary election of the party to
former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who is now the party’s
flag-bearer for the general election.
After the primary elections, Amaechi rejected the results,
alleging widespread electoral malpractice and irregularities.
He vowed to challenge the result but has been silent ever
since Atiku paid him a visit at his home in Abuja.
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