You Can’t Win 2023 Presidency – Soludo Taunts Peter Obi, LP

• Says aside Atiku and Tinubu, other parties’ candidates are jokers

Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has continued his demarketing of the  Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, insisting that the 2023 elections remain a long shot for him and some other parties’ flag bearers in the race.

He pointedly declared that the former Anambra state governor cannot win the presidency next year in an article released on Monday with the title; “History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)”.

Making it obvious that his support is not with the Labour Party Standard bearer, Governor Soludo said; “Let’s be clear: Peter Obi knows that he can’t and won’t win. He knows the game he is playing, and we know too, and he knows that we know”.

The article further reads in part; “The game he is playing is the main reason he didn’t return to APGA. The brutal truth (and some will say, God forbid) is that there are two persons/parties seriously contesting for president: the rest is exciting drama!”

In a veil reference to the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Ahmed Bola Tinubu and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Atiku Abubakar, the Anambra Chief Executive said; “That many Americans may not like the fact that Joe Biden (79 years) and Donald Trump (76 years) are two frontrunners for president in their parties does not remove the fact that if both of them emerge as candidates, definitely one of them will be president in 2024.”

He however said; “As my brother, I wish him well and even pray for him. I told him during his courtesy call that my prayer is that himself or Prof Umeadi of APGA would win; why not?

“That is from my heart, but I also told him that my head and facts on the ground led me to know that its probability is next to zero (what I cannot say before you, I won’t say behind you).”

According to Governor Soludo, the Labour Party’s flag bearer, who is already aware of his stand, may record a very poor showing at the 2023 polls and nothing can change that for now, adding; “I already told him my opinion. Indeed, there is no credible pathway for him near the first two positions, and if care is not taken, he won’t even be near the third position.”