Peter Obi Was Scared Of Going Against Atiku – Dele Momodu

Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar

Popular media entrepreneur Dele Momodu has stated that Peter Obi would have been better served remaining in the African Democratic Congress (ADC). He recently had his say during an appearance on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, and Nigerians have been reacting.

Revealing that Obi was scared to go against Atiku, he noted that the former Governor missed an opportunity to demonstrate his popularity within the ADC’s internal political framework.

Momodu added that Peter should have seized the chance to gauge his true political strength instead of defecting.

His words, “It’s a lot easier for Obi to test his popularity, but he ran away from testing that popularity because all it takes now is either consensus, so there are no delegates, or you go and do direct primaries.

When you go and do the primaries, it’s every registered party member that will vote. So if you are popular, you will get the vote. But he knows that in direct, indirect, or consensus, it will be difficult for him to beat a man who brought him to national prominence in 2019.

Atiku meticulously and diligently pursued his dream since around 1992/1993 and has not given up. That is the hallmark of a serious politician.

Every electoral cycle brings him closer to his destination, so I would have wished that Obi would wait and test his popularity in ADC.

Obi is afraid of his supporters. They already told him in advance that if he agreed to be vice president to anyone, they were going to disown him.

They said it—Aisha Yesufu said it, Pat Utomi also said it publicly. So let’s stop hiding behind one finger. Obi did not leave because of Atiku; he left because he knew he lacked the capacity to take on Atiku.”

WOW.