The Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has dismissed suggestions that Peter Obi poses a major political threat to the All Progressives Congress ahead of the 2027 general election. He recently had his say during an appearance on TVC News’ Beyond The Headlines, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Arguing that Obi’s performance in the 2023 presidential election was driven by public anger over the economic policies of the late Buhari’s administration, Oshiomhole stated that the circumstances will be different next year.
He added that Peter benefited majorly from the cash crunch caused by the naira redesign policy and the fuel scarcity that preceded the 2023 election.
His words, “No, not at all, not at all. Obi was produced by an unusual situation when a ruling party decided to destroy itself, making anybody running on its platform almost unelectable. It was that confusion that produced those votes.
People had money in the bank but couldn’t access it. They queued all night at ATM machines just to withdraw ₦10,000, and after a week, even the ATMs were dry.
Someone asked why people would queue all night to withdraw ₦5,000, then queue again for fuel, and still expect them to queue on election day to vote for the same government. That anger was what produced Obi.
A woman in my village told me, ‘You said I should keep my money in the bank, but when I went to collect it, they said there was no money. At the POS, they deducted ₦2,000 from ₦5,000. How do I survive?’
I told her what Buhari was doing at that time was not APC policy. It was that anger that influenced the outcome of the election”
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