Peter Obi: You Must Be Living On Another Planet – Doyin Okupe Fires Soludo

The Director-General of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council, Dr. Doyin Okupe has slammed Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State over his analysis on the chances of Obi.

Recall that Soludo, in an article titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’, had said Obi cannot and will not win the 2023 election.

Speaking on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television, Okupe said the Anambra State governor’s analysis has nothing to do with “common sense”, adding that he spoke from a position of “political delusion”.

He said: “Ordinarily, I won’t join issue with Soludo, but so that people will not get disinformed by his very unsound judgment of the political status of Labour Party in the Nigerian context, that is the only reason why I will say one or two words.

“He must be living in another planet. I don’t know what is blinding him for him to say that there are only two people in this race — APC and PDP. Even a blind person and a young child of nine years old know that this is absolute fallacy.

“Professor Soludo must be indulging in self-political delusion. Today, 90 percent of polls done say Peter Obi is well ahead of the other contestants. It is no longer news that it is a three-cornered race.

“Even in the three-cornered race, we are no longer the third force. We have now taken over and bypassed the two establishments and these two are now contesting for second and third positions. Professor Soludo’s pronouncement has nothing to do with reality or common sense.”

While expressing confidence that the Labour Party will win the 2023 election, Okupe dismissed Soludo’s claim that Peter Obi will get 25 percent of the total votes cast in four states of the federation.

“I’m happy that he conceded that Peter Obi will win Anambra state. That is good news. Where he messed it up completely, and it makes the whole thing looks ludicrous, was when he said Peter Obi will get 25 percent in maybe four states of the federation. That is a joke,” Peter Obi added.

“Professor Soludo is a professor of economics, not a soothsayer or prophet. Definitely, he is not too grounded politically. The five states in the south-east, come rain and sunshine, nobody will beat Peter Obi.”