Dumebi Kachikwu, presidential candidate of the African
Democratic Congress (ADC), says Peter Obi, flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP),
is part of the “old political order” in Nigeria.
Kachikwu said this on Tuesday during an interview with
Channels Television.
The ADC presidential candidate said there is possibility for
his party to form an alliance with Social Democratic Party (SDP) and African
Action Congress (AAC) for the 2023 presidential poll.
“We run a race not against the other political parties. We
run a race against Nigerians. That is true,” he said.
“The Nigerian people
are caught up with this syndrome — they have the affinity for their captors and
those who have enslaved them for so long.
“They find it difficult to break loose from these people.
You have to push it, knock on that door, and try to remove them out of the
bubble or prison that they are in.
“We have never been in a situation like this where Nigeria
has failed spectacularly and the people need to say to themselves that we can’t
continue like this. It is never this bad.
“You mentioned small
and fringe parties coming together. When you mentioned fringe parties, you
mentioned Labour Party and so on.
“It is not about small parties; it is about those who had
ruled us — Peter Obi, Atiku and Asiwaju and those who never ruled before. That
is the difference.
“Someone like SDP and Sowore, we will consider working
together absolutely.
“Why won’t we come together with Peter Obi and the Labour
Party and see him as part of the smaller parties? Simply because there is no
difference between Peter Obi, Atiku and Asiwaju — they are part of the old
political order.
“They are people who
held offices and more of the same. They have absolutely nothing to offer. There
is no reason to say we should come together for the purpose of power.”
Meanwhile, the development comes days after a faction of the
ADC expelled Kachikwu over alleged anti-party activities.
But Kachikwu remains the party’s presidential candidate according to the final list published by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
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Although Kachikwu can't win, he did not lie.. peter Obi is part of truly part of the old order. The so called youths of Nigeria are simply misguided
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