Okupe: Governor Soludo’s article on Peter Obi ludicrous, delusional

Doyin Okupe, the director-general of the Peter Obi presidential campaign council, has tagged the article written by the governor of Anambra state, Professor Charles Soludo on the chances of Peter Obi in the 2023 polls as ludicrous and delusional.

Okupe responded to the article titled ‘History Beckons and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1)’ on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television.

The article which was released on Monday has generated a lot of reactions on social media where Soludo asserted that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi cannot win the presidential election next year.

While reacting to the article, Okupe said the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spoke from a position of “political delusion”.

“He must be living on 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.

“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 said.

“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.”

Speaking further, Okupe said it is “ludicrous” for Soludo to say Obi will get 25 percent of the total votes cast in four states of the federation.

While concluding, The LP campaign director-general expressed confidence that the party will win the presidential election in all the south-east states.

“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,” he 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.”