He will face Peter Obi of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who secured the presidential ticket of a faction of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) turning the contest into a two-and-a-half-horse race...
OPPOSITION TERRITORYIn the NDC Peter Obi was chosen unopposed after being endorsed by the party's founder and national leader Senator Seriake Dickson...
The arithmetic was convincing: Atiku Abubakar for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi – Labour Party; and Rabiu Kwankwaso – New Nigeria People's Party (NNPP) together outpolled Tinubu in 2023...
With the birth of the ‘OK movement' supporters of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso jubilantly claim they can win the presidential election in January 2027 with mass support on the ticket of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) a party founded by former governor of Bayelsa State Seriake Dickson...
That is also a clear sign that Atiku rather than Peter Obi the presidential candidate of the Labour party in 2022 and another recent defector to the ADC sees himself as the leading contender to take on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu next January as the party's flagbearer...
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Having cut Atiku down to size Tinubu set his sights on Peter Obi who had a massive following among urban youths mainly in the south and in Christian minority areas up north...
On New Year's Eve Peter Obi 64 Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023 and former governor of Anambra State joined Atiku Abubakar 79 former vice-president in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) giving the opposition a glimmer of hope...
His fellow opposition leader Peter Obi a former governor of Anambra state in the south-east has openly backed the strikes as have his fellow Igbos who have lobbied US evangelicals for better protection for Christians in their region...
He has teamed up with the Labour Party's presidential candidate in 2023 Peter Obi to adopt the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as an opposition coalition vehicle...
There he was joined by Peter Obi presidential candidate of the Labour party which has also been hit by saboteurs that party loyalists claim were backed by Tinubu adherents...
In 2023 Peter Obi of Igbo ethnicity defeated President Tinubu a Yoruba on his home turf...
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1% in 2023) and Peter Obi 63 of the Labour Party (25...
He's the sole Labour Party governor and an ally of Peter Obi...
Anambra is also the stronghold of opposition politician Peter Obi who will sweep the state again should he run for the presidency in 2027...
Okpebholo has also said he could not be responsible for the security of Peter Obi should the opposition leader visit Edo...
Tinubu lost Lagos to Peter Obi the Labour Party candidate in the presidential vote in 2023...
They helped run Peter Obi's campaign on the Labour Party ticket and won him a national following in 2023 as a first-time presidential contender...
Then they faced a formidable opposition: veteran politician and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar leading the former ruling People's Democratic Party; and former governor of Anambra state Peter Obi running a youth-led campaign on the Labour Party ticket...
