A Professor of Political Science, Jideofor Adibe, has advised that the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, should exercise caution in navigating the African Democratic Congress (ADC) opposition coalition.
Ths caution by Adibe came in the light of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) zoning of its 2027 presidential ticket to the southern region.
“I wouldn’t want to advise Peter Obi; he has his own advisors. At the end, he has to make his own decisions, but if I were him, I would be extremely suspicious,” he said on Channels TV’s ‘The Morning Brief’ programme on Tuesday.
LEADERSHIP recalls that the PDP and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have zoned their 2027 presidential tickets to southerners, with the ADC yet to do so.
ADC coalition member, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, from northern Nigeria, has shown interest in running for president in 2027, a move that many have considered a threat to southerners like Obi and Rotimi Amaechi, who are also members of the coalition and are running for president in 2027.
The professor described Obi as someone who does not think on the surface but always has a second plan for his decisions.
He said, “It’s up to him to know what his own political strategists are telling him and what these moves are, but I believe that once any announcement is made, they create scenarios.
“However, I believe that in the next couple of months, it will become clearer what informed the PDP’s decision to say that they are zoning this issue.”
Adibe said Obi’s journey to political victory would require active vigilance and deep thinking to prevent loss, adding that he believes the whole structure is like a play.
He said, “In the end, like any chess game, it may work and it may not, but we don’t know, and in all this, it is a tug of war.”
