Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi, appears to be battling some trouble in his backyard.
Gists9ja gathered that the leadership and members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have resolved to work against his ambition. The candidate and his men were very optimistic of cornering the support of APGA, a party with sizeable followership in the Southeast, especially in Obi’s home state of Anambra.
It would be recall that his camp recently erupted in wild jubilation following reports that Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, had endorsed the candidature of the LP presidential hopeful. The story broke after a meeting between the governor and members of APGA in the state.
Rumours had it that Soludo ordered the party faithful to work for Obi. But his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, was quick to deny the reports, saying that Obi was never a topic of discussion during the routine gathering, claiming that only issues concerning APGA were discussed.
It was gathered that the denial became necessary following widespread displeasure expressed by some leading chieftains of APGA about the story. “Many of them were displeased at the thought of having to work for Obi, a man many of them claimed worked hard to destroy the party after riding on its crest to be governor for eight years. He fought the man he imposed on us as governor, fought the party, worked hard to destroy the party and then dumped APGA for the PDP unceremoniously,” an APGA chieftain said.
