Ahmed Makarfi, a one-time Governor of Kaduna has said Labor Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi is gaining popularity nationally due to the frustration of the youths.
It was reported that Obi defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in May and emerged as the LP presidential candidate during its Special National Convention in Asaba, the Delta State capital. NAIJA NEWS reports.
In an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday, Makarfi said the youths are using Obi as a symbol due to the failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government.
In his words: “Peter Obi, it is my personal opinion that even if he was frustrated out of PDP, that one must have come from were come from not from any other parts of this country, and it is this politics of edging this person out, edging that person out, and politics is like that.”
“What is happening now in my opinion is not so much about Peter Obi but the frustration of the youths and they are using him as a symbol. Let’s agree that was the case, any decision based on anger will not produce anything positive. We accept the frustration but the only rational way forward is to go the way of PDP.” Information Guide Nigeria
