The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has criticised Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi over his reported loss at his polling unit during the Anambra State governorship election, describing the outcome as a clear rejection of the Obidient movement.
The party said the result showed that Obi’s political influence had been diminished in his own community.
APC Lagos spokesperson Seye Oladejo, in a statement on Sunday, said the development was the strongest confirmation yet that the Obidient movement was “a political hologram bright on social media, empty in real life.” He said Obi’s loss in his own neighbourhood amounted to public embarrassment, stressing that those who were expected to support him had delivered a different verdict.
According to him, “The people who know Peter Obi best, his neighbours, his own community, his supposed natural base, have delivered an unmistakable judgment. We reject you. We do not trust you. We have seen through you.” Oladejo accused Obi of building “a brand on self righteous monologues, manufactured statistics, emotional manipulation and an aura of victimhood,” claiming he misled young Nigerians without any real political strength at the grassroots.
Oladejo added that anyone who could not win his polling unit had no basis aspiring to lead the country. He said, “A man who cannot win his polling unit has no business dreaming of winning a country. A man who is rejected on his street cannot claim nationwide acceptance.” He said Saturday’s result marked what he described as the collapse of the perceived popularity surrounding Obi.
He further mocked the former Anambra governor, saying, “We hope Mr Obi will not run abroad seeking foreign intervention to rescue him from this political free fall, as he has attempted in recent times.” He insisted that the election outcome exposed the perceived weaknesses and lack of real political structure behind Obi’s movement.
Oladejo also compared Obi with President Bola Tinubu, saying the President was rebuilding institutions, fixing the economy, expanding infrastructure, attracting foreign investments and restoring global confidence. He described APC’s victory in Obi’s polling unit as symbolic, conclusive and prophetic, adding that the result reflected the current political reality where performance was triumphing over propaganda, structure was defeating chaos and delivery was destroying deception.
