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Peter Obi is hardly a political outsider, but the bespectacled former governor says he is looking to harness Nigerians’ anger with the status quo to power his third-party presidential bid.

Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his residence in Lagos, NigeriaPeter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, gestures during an interview with Reuters at his residence in Lagos, Nigeriaformer governor says he is looking to harness Nigerians’ anger with the status quo to power his third-party presidential bid.

Nigerian electoral law forbids candidates from campaigning before Sept. 28. In a recent interview at his Lagos residence, Obi, speaking as a private citizen, said Nigeria’s problems could turn voters against the two dominant parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress and opposition People’s Democratic Party .Bola Tinubu, 70, is the APC candidate and Atiku Abubakar, 75, is running for the opposition PDP.

Dressed in a tailored-but-casual blue “senator style” suit and sandals, Obi said that voters in a nation “on the brink” would eschew religious, ethnic and tribal loyalties that typically help the major parties dominate elections.

 

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be DULY informed that this guy is a HABITUAL LIAR & a fraud! Go & verify! He used State resources to invest on his private & personal business! Go & verify! He has NO leadership footprint as 8years governor of Anambra State! Go & verify! Sophistry

Is this not a South African website …. Peter obi is now an African icon

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