‘Peter Obi Is Moving Against The Direction Of Winning Election’ – APC Rep

The lawmaker representing Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Clement Jimbo, has asserted that former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, cannot win any election in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that Jimbo, in an interview with Cable News, spoke on Peter Obi’s alliance with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) coalition.

According to him, Peter Obi is moving against winning any election in Nigeria, citing his series of defections and inability to stay in a specific political party to build and consolidate.

He argued that many of Peter Obi’s supporters exist only online and do not know their polling unit, reiterating that Peter Obi is only making noise and cannot win any election.

He said, “APC is not afraid of anyone, and I say this as a matter of fact. I was taught in biology that movement and growth are characteristics of living things, and I will draw on that idea here. You mentioned Peter Obi; let me address that directly.

“Peter Obi has been moving. What does that tell you? That he’s alive. But in which direction is he moving? As far as logic is concerned, if you have a flight to catch at a certain time, and you are not moving towards the airport, you will never catch that flight.

“So I can tell you that Mr Peter Obi is moving against the direction of winning any election in this coun.try

“Let me be very explicit. He moved from APGA to PDP and then jumped to the Labour Party before settling with ADC. He has not stayed in a particular political party to build and consolidate. If you know the percentage of stability of your house, then you can assure yourself a certain level of winning percentage. This is very practical.

“In my unit in Abak urban ward 1, I challenged Peter Obi to put on any platform who his Labour Party agent was because there was none. As a political figure and a candidate of a political party that wants to win an election, it is required that you have your agents across the over 8,000 polling units. But he cannot meet that. It means that the crowd he claims to have are hanging in the air.

“Let me also challenge Peter Obi and most of his supporters, who are very active on social media. How many of them know their polling units? Elections are not done on social media. How many of them voted? That was why it was a problem for them when the court asked them to produce copies of the results. So, Peter Obi is only making noise. He cannot win any election in Nigeria.

“Look at the people who form the APC. The late President Muhammadu Buhari was a leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in the north. He stayed in his party, contested election in and out of season, three consecutive times. He never defected to another party. He understood the commitment and sacrifice needed to build a political party.”