*Speaks on Labour Party chances in 2023
Presidential candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku, says Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) standard-bearer, did not consult him before leaving his party.
Obi was Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 presidential contest.
Atiku, who featured on AriseTV on Friday, claimed he was not aware of the departure of his former running mate until three days after he declared for Labour Party.
“I didn’t know Peter Obi left PDP. He informed me three days after he declared for Labour Party. So he didn’t even consult me,” he said.
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On Labour Party’s chances in 2023, he said; “It will take a miracle for Labour Party with no structure in the grassroots, to win the presidency.
“In the North, 90% of our people are not in tune to social media.”
Earlier, the PDP Presidential candidate described the Muslim-Muslim ticket by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as “unwelcoming and unripe for Nigeria as a democratic state.”
He also vowed to defeat the APC flag-bearer Bola Tinubu come 2023, while kicking against the notion that the emergence of Kashim Shettima as Tinubu’s running mate, reduces his chances in the North East.