A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dele Momodu, has disclosed the response he got after asking the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to work with Atiku Abubakar.
Momodu revealed that Obi turned down his request, stressing that he was more popular than Atiku.
Recall that the former governor of Anambra State was Atiku’s running mate in 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In 2023, Obi moved to the Labour Party where he contested the presidential election and came third behind Atiku of the PDP and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
In an interview with Symponi TV, Momodu said: “Peter is the only politician who has visited my home in London, Ghana, and Lagos.
“In one of the visits, I told Peter, try and work with Atiku and I gave him copious examples that if Mahama was not a VP to Attah Mills, maybe he would never be President of Ghana because he came from the minority just like Jonathan of Nigeria.
“I gave him an example of America that even though Biden was much older than Obama, he still came back to become President because you are able to demonstrate your capacity.
“You have only been a governor of a state but Peter told me that he’s more popular than Atiku, I swear to God. If you see him ask him if I lied against him.”