Peter Obi’s Labour Party is too tiny for Bashir Ahmad to
accept its presidential nomination, the former presidential aide said on Twitter
Sunday afternoon.
“The PO supporters never fail to remind me about the results
of my primaries, forgetting that the fear of getting 0 vote made their supreme
leader, Peter Obi to run away from PDP to a tiny LP, which I am sure with my
influence I would be begged to accept its presidential ticket,” Mr Ahmad said
on Twitter.
The former social media aide to the president has faced
online ridicule since failing to clinch the House of Representatives ticket of
the ruling All Progressives Congress in Kano. He said those mocking him are Mr
Obi’s supporters.
Labour Party is one of over two dozen registered political parties that are widely considered “mushroom” groups because they are not in the mainstream of Nigerian politics, which is dominated by the ruling APC and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party.
Mr Obi resigned from the PDP in late May and subsequently
picked the presidential nomination of the Labour Party on May 31. He has
continued to receive a groundswell of support amongst Nigerians online,
although the political establishment has yet to see him as a threat next year.
Mr Ahmad, appointed in 2016, served until last month as one
of over a dozen social media strategists for President Muhammadu Buhari,
resigning to seek the House of Representatives ticket. He, however, threatened
to challenge the party and the primary winner, describing his defeat as
dangerous to the party’s image.
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