Olorunnimbe Mamora, minister of science and know-how, has expressed that it is going to be a miracle if Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), wins the 2023 presidential election.
The former senator representing Lagos central mentioned this when he featured on Political Paradigm, a Channels Television programme, aired on Tuesday.
Obi’s candidacy has continued to dominate discussions on social media forward of the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking throughout the programme, the minister said that Obi doesn’t have the mandatory construction in place to safe victory.
“What I see, with all due respect, is what you can call independent candidacy in Labour, and to the best of my knowledge, even in America, no independent candidate has ever won the presidency,” he mentioned.
“They can win within the senate or home of representatives however not within the presidential. So, it is going to be a miracle of the century.
“I received’t dismiss it (assist for Peter Obi) but it surely doesn’t appear to me that it is going to be as similar to would trigger havoc on this system on the finish of the day.
“This is because we do our checks on a regular basis. We look at the spread; we look at the capacity on the ground. You see, you cannot underrate the role of structures in politics and particularly in elections because this is the reality. There are many logistics involved in electioneering,”
He additionally performed down the assist the LP and Obi are getting from labour unions and youths.
“The same way all these people are saying they will back Peter Obi is the same way they are saying they will back other candidates, especially those frontline candidates,” he mentioned.
The minister mentioned whereas he’s not underrating different contenders within the presidential race, Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stays one of the best.
“I said with all due respect, no one should underrate anyone. In a contest, you don’t underrate anyone but with all due respect to all these frontliners, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi and Kwankwaso, of course, those are the faces we see when you tune into any channel,” he added.
“So, you cannot underrate, but I am saying that in spite of that and with all due respect to other candidates, he (Tinubu) is still the number one candidate to beat. That’s the point I am making.”
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