2023 Election: Tinubu, Atiku, or Peter Obi? Prominent Lawyer Gives Powerful Verdict

• Nigerians are gearing up for the 2023 general election to decide their fate for the next 4 years as Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi lead the race to victory.
• The trio are members respectively of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labor Party.
• Political actors have begun to make permutations, while commentators continue to dissect, analyze, and make predictions.

Wale Adeagbo, a lawyer who has been monitoring the country’s narratives for the 2023 election, does not believe the 2023 race can be free of religion and ethnicity.

When speaking to legit.ngthe legal symbol posited the following:

“I dare say that for the 2023 election, if you look at the candidates themselves, ethnicity and religion can never be left out of the political arithmetic. No matter how people choose to hide from it.”

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Atiku is not a unifier

The legal luminary refutes PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar’s claim that he is coming to unite Nigeria.

“If he really is a unifier, as he claims, he would be the first person to ensure that the PDP presidency goes south in accordance with the PDP constitution.”

Adeagbo claimed that if Atiku wins the 2023 presidential election, it will mean another northerner will rule Nigeria for eight years, contrary to the southern call for the presidency.

“Giving power back to the North, I don’t think that’s a demonstration of unification.”

The APC Muslim-Muslim ticket is tactical and shows political understanding

The legal practitioner, however, defended the APC’s same creed, calling it tactical and a sign of political understanding.

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“The use of the same ticket of faith can be described as purely tactical and as a sign of political understanding. APC needs mass votes from the North, and the available Christian candidates may not, APC believes, provide them with the results they want.”

Will Tinubu win in the Southwest?

He goes on to predict Tinubu’s chances in the south, where it is perceived as a Christian majority.

“If you look at Tinubu’s political personality, the South will give him votes, especially the Southwest. I think his metric problems, as far as votes go, are not in the South, the problem is in the North, and I think that’s why the whole party chose Shettima.”

What should Nigerians watch out for in 2023?

He urged voters to look beyond the same belief map to look at competence and willingness to deliver.

“And I believe that beyond religion, we voters should look to candidates’ competence and willingness to perform … It should go beyond the same belief card.”

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Does religion influence Peter Obi’s candidacy?

Speaking about the claim that Peter Obi’s candidacy is driven by religion as other main candidates are Muslim and the current President is a Muslim.

He said:

“I do not subscribe to this belief and this claim. Peter Obi is a Nigerian citizen, as are other candidates, they are all qualified to hold the position. So I don’t think it was driven by religion.”

He quickly found out that the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance, Omoyele Sowore, is also a Christian.

“Sowore, I believe, is also a Christian.”

2023: 3 reasons why Peter Obi has an advantage over Tinubu, Atiku, Kwankwaso

Legit.ng Earlier reported that analysis has shown that Labor Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has some potential that gives him an edge over other candidates.

Those opportunities included on-topic campaigns, talking to youth, and good backstory that some of his opponents have yet to talk about.

Despite Obi’s moves, some Northern political statisticians, including Kwankwaso, have predicted he cannot win the North, a voting bloc, in Nigeria’s election.

Source: Legit.ng