Nigeria's 2023 Elections - Obasanjo Backs Peter Obi DeutscheWelle: Nigeria
of the Labour Party -- has received a major endorsement from former president Olusegun Obasanjo.
A recent poll conducted by the news agency Bloomberg revealed that 72% of"decided voters" said they would support Obi in the elections.means Obi's campaign is still far from secure: His center-left Labour Party does not have a great stronghold across all of Nigeria's 36 vast states.Obasanjo's letter has already drawn sharp criticisms from the camps of other presidential candidates.
The main opposition People's Democratic Party has also downplayed Obasanjo's endorsement of Peter Obi."I strongly believe we are going to win," he said."Obasanjo has a right to campaign for any of the candidates from the different parties. It is one thing for him to campaign and it is another thing for the electorate to accept his decision of to accept him in what he is trying to do.
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