{"id":239459,"date":"2026-01-16T06:41:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/2027-why-peter-obi-is-not-strong-opposition-for-tinubu-pdp-chieftain\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T06:41:46","slug":"2027-why-peter-obi-is-not-strong-opposition-for-tinubu-pdp-chieftain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/2027-why-peter-obi-is-not-strong-opposition-for-tinubu-pdp-chieftain\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: Why Peter Obi Is Not Strong Opposition for Tinubu \u2014 PDP Chieftain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"229\">A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Segun Sowunmi, has said that former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, does not constitute a strong opposition to President Bola <a href=\"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/tinubu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinubu <\/a>ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"231\" data-end=\"392\">Sowunmi made the remark on Thursday while answering questions during an interview.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"571\">According to him, \u201cThe people sitting in authority at governors level in the Southeast were not that inspirational. You have to go back and look at the people sitting there now.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"573\" data-end=\"735\">\u201cSome of them are delivering on values and assignments. If they are inspirational leaders, none of them can Obi run over just like that. It\u2019s not as easy as that.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"737\" data-end=\"870\">\u201cWe created that movement believing that we should be able to tour that glass ceiling so that our Southeast brothers can get it done.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"997\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cUnfortunately, his inability to tame the excessive bigotry and the anger and the quarrel made a lot of people to push back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"997\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">His comment comes amid tension ahead of the forthcoming presidential elections.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Segun Sowunmi, has said that former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, does not constitute a strong opposition to President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general elections. Sowunmi made the remark on Thursday while answering questions during an interview. 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