"Asiwaju Has Only One Opponent": Presidency Reveals How Tinubu Will Defeat Atiku, Dismisses Obi, Others

"Asiwaju Has Only One Opponent": Presidency Reveals How Tinubu Will Defeat Atiku, Dismisses Obi, Others

  • The presidency has dismissed the claim that Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, has any chance in the 2023 presidential election
  • Bashir Ahmad, President Muhammadu Buhari's special assistant on digital communication, said Bola Tinubu of the APC has only one opponent in the race judging by the limited crowd that attended Obi's rally in Anambra
  • According to Ahmad, the only opponent of Tinubu is Atiku Abubakar of the PDP and the APC knows how to squarely defeat him in the poll

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FCT, Abuja - Bashir Ahmad, the special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on digital communication, has said, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has only one opponent.

Ahmad, who is a member of Buhari's presidency, disclosed that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is the only opponent of the APC in the 2023 presidential election.

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Presidency says Tinubu has only opponent in the 2023 election Photo Credit: Atiku Abubakar, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mr. Peter Obi
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The president's aide via his Twitter page to further stated that the APC, however, knows how to squarely defeat Atiku in an election.

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The presidency stated this while reacting to a video of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party's rally in Anambra he had seen, adding that if that is the kind of crowd the former governor of Anambra relied upon, then he is not yet in the 2023 race.

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According to Ahmad, Obi's rally is tagged "homecoming" and the crowd at the campaign ground is nothing to talk about.

He said:

"Just saw footages from Peter Obi’s rally in Anambra, which was tagged as “homecoming” by his supporters. If that was all he could get in his home state, then it’s so right to say Asiwaju has only one opponent, that’s AA, who we know very well how to squarely defeat at the polls."

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Fresh permutation emerges as Tinubu moves to break Atiku, Obi, Kwankwaso's backs ahead of poll

Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu, the presidential flagbearer of the APC, has been making a new permutation to outsmart his opponents including Atiku Abubakar (PDP), Peter Obi (LP) and Rabiu Kwankwaso (NNPP).

Tinubu held a meeting with the progressives Governors' Forum on Monday evening till the early hour of Tuesday in Abuja.

According to a source privy to the development, the meeting which also has members of the APC PCC in attendance was like a family meeting, and the campaign strategies were rejigged.

Source: Legit.ng

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng