Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has said that former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, lacks the political structure and regional backing required to win elections in Nigeria’s core northern states.
Musawa, speaking during a political discussion, argued that Obi’s popularity surge mirrors the early political movement of former President Muhammadu Buhari, which repeatedly fell short until it formed broader alliances.
“In the core north, there is nothing Peter Obi is going to do that is going to get him to win an election,” Musawa said. “I’m a Buharist, and the movement Peter Obi had reminds me of Buhari’s movement in 2003, 2007 and 2011.”
She explained that despite Buhari’s strong grassroots following in the North at the time, electoral victories remained elusive until a strategic political bridge was built with the South.
“We saw that it was only Buhari, but not until we had a bridge — when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came to give us that base support in the South — that we were able to win,” she stated.
According to Musawa, the inability of Buhari’s supporters to independently deliver nationwide victory then is similar to Obi’s current challenge. “Our own as Buharists, we were unable to deliver alone, and this is exactly the same situation with Peter Obi,” she added.+See more details
Her remarks have reignited debate over regional voting patterns, coalition-building and the importance of cross-regional alliances in securing presidential victories in Nigeria’s highly diverse political landscape.
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