A spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, said that supporters of Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi are beginning to recognise the importance of political structure. Momodu argued that wherever Obi emerges as the leading candidate, the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar will be the runner‑up, and that Atiku would split votes with the LP and the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, in their respective strongholds.
“The ‘Obidients’ are starting to see that structure is not an abstract concept; it is a necessary requirement,” Momodu told Arise TV’s Morning Show on Monday. He noted that Tinubu is counting on his governors, while Atiku lacks a comparable network of senators, senatorial candidates, House of Representatives members, and state assembly members. “You also need thousands of agents nationwide—that’s part of the structure,” he added.
Momodu questioned how the Obi camp could compete with the PDP, which has existed for a long time and already possesses extensive structures and funding. “If you say ‘we don’t pay ‘shi shi’, you can see people abandoning smaller parties because they lack those structures,” he said. He warned that upcoming polls would not favor Obi, adding, “If a million people say Obi will win, that won’t change the reality.”
Reports have claimed that Obi’s supporters are more dominant online than on the ground, a criticism the Labour Party has repeatedly dismissed. In early January, the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council urged Nigerians to ignore what it called “opposition‑orchestrated propaganda” alleging that the party lacks polling agents in key northern states. Spokesman Yunusa Tanko issued a statement refuting those claims, asserting that the Labour Party has foot soldiers “to man all polling units in the North and the entire nation.” He warned that “the opposition’s gimmicks to weaken the resolve of Nigerians to vote Peter Obi and Datti Baba‑Ahmed into power this year will not fly.”
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