2023: Olisa Metuh Tells Arthur Eze to 'Calm Down' Over Comments on Peter Obi
- Peter Obi's presidential ambition seems to have rattled several Igbo elites who have not shied away from dismissing his intention
- Arthur Eze joins a long list of southeast peripheral personalities who have talked down on Obi's ambition
- The billionaire businessman says he advised Obi to withdraw his presidential ambition because he is sure the former Anambra governor can't win
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Facebook - Olisa Metuh, a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has berated billionaire businessman Arthur Eze for dismissing Peter Obi's presidential ambition.
Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, has faced unprecedented resentment from Igbo elites since he declared his intention to be Nigeria's president under the Labour Party (LP).
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Eze had publicly said he wouldn't support the presidential ambition of Obi while addressing a gathering in Anambra state, with the incumbent governor, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, present.
Reacting to the comments made by Eze, Metuh wrote in a Facebook post:
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“God has blessed you for decades, you have acquired untold riches and unimaginable wealth. Calm down and do not allow political punditry to lead you to infamy and public opprobrium.
“Some of us are now non-partisan and will no longer make public comments on our political choices but then, we are not expected to make certain categorical statements. For indeed, no man is God and no man should attempt to play the Almighty role.
“This year, they said he has no structure, they said he has no money, they said he's not known outside of Anambra state; now, they say he has no crowd in his rallies.
“I do not know who will win the 2023 elections but it will definitely not be determined by the usual political crowd who are paid to attend rallies.
“Check your family, check your domestic staff, check those gainfully employed and fully engaged in public and private employs; they do not attend rallies but they will surely vote. Let the candidates focus on voters not professional rally attendees.
“Finally, please let all the mini Amadiohas in our land campaign for their candidates and leave that poor man alone.”
Peter Obi: 'OBIdient' movement driven by the masses, says Umeh
Meanwhile, the Anambra Central Senatorial candidate of LP in the forthcoming 2023 elections, Senator Victor Umeh, has declared that the 'OBIdient' movement is more prominent than Obi.
He said the campaign is bigger than Obi himself because the masses drive it.
Umeh added that Obi is very influential, stressing that the LP presidential candidate will get support across the country.
2023: Peter Obi has wide acceptability in northern Nigeria, says Iliya
In the same vein, LP deputy national chairman Ladi Iliya says Obi has wide acceptability in northern Nigeria, just as his counterparts in the PDP and the All Progressives Congress.
Iliya further said that Obi will revamp the country's economy and address its security challenges if elected president in 2023.
She made the comment in Jos, Plateau state, during a one-day mobilisation and sensitisation meeting with critical stakeholders and LP support groups.
Source: Legit.ng
