Sam Amadi, director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), may lack the political skills required to manage a Nigerian political organisation.
Speaking on Arise TV on Friday, Amadi said there is a deep
dissonance between Obi’s political approach and the realities of the country’s
political system.
He said the dissonance could make it difficult for the NDC
presidential candidate to manage the interests and expectations of politicians.
“So the point I’m saying is, yes, Peter Obi’s political
management capabilities may not be sufficiently good enough to manage Nigerian
politics. That’s a big issue,” Amadi said.
“Secondly, there are some things like a deep dissonance
between Peter and Nigerian politics.
“People forget that dissonance. So Peter is not capable.
Peter cannot run a typical Nigerian political organisation.
“He knows that. Again, Peter is a minimalist. But if he can
just sneak through this, he doesn’t have to open the whole place.”
On the exit of key Obidient Movement members from the NDC,
Amadi described the defectors as activists who saw Obi as a vehicle for
achieving their political ambitions.
“Most of the guys who got on this are not our comrades. They
are not people who had a commitment. They are people who were activists; they
saw a big show, and they went there. You were a vehicle via which they were
going to get to a destination,” he said.
“Many of these guys are not leaving because there’s a
fundamental disagreement with Peter Obi. It’s also because the career path, the
strategic advantage they want to get, he can’t offer them.”
Yunusa Tanko, former national coordinator of the Obidient
Movement, recently moved from the NDC to the Social Democratic Party (SDP),
where he was made the coordinator of the party’s presidential campaign.
Tanko said he experienced a betrayal of trust and loyalty in
Obi’s camp, which informed his departure.
The former Obidient leader said that although he appreciated
the opportunity to serve Obi, he could not remain in a political group where
his contributions were no longer valued.
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