A chieftain of African Democratic Party, Anayo Arinze has said that the popularity of Labour Party’s candidate Peter Obi and his supporters known as ‘Obidients’ will wane before the 2023 general elections.
Anayo Arinze, who serves as the national coordinator for electoral matters and INEC liaison for the ADC vaunted that Obi’s popularity will fade out by 2023.
Speaking during a meeting of the stakeholders of the party in Awka, Anambra state capital, Arinze said the ADC is confident of beating other parties in the election, including Peter Obi.
He added that the leadership of the ADC has resolved to deepen the party’s presence in Anambra state and has chosen Dumebi Kachikwu, as its presidential candidate.
He said: “We are not bothered about the noise on social media about the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi. All that will die down before the 2023 election. Arinze said that stakeholders within the ADC have carefully entrenched members as the third force in Nigeria politics.
On ‘structure vs no structure’ in Nigeria’s politics, he said that the party’s structures are visible across wards, local government areas, states and mostly at the national level. “Since I entered Anambra, I have been looking around to see if I can spot the offices of the Labour Party, but there is none. Tell them to go and build structures before they can come back to contest the election.
“It is important for people to know that there is no election on the social media, what they are doing is paying social media influencers to make noise about them.”