Dele Momodu, a spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Presidential Campaign Council, claimed that supporters of Labour Party nominee Peter Obi for president are now understanding the value of (political) structure.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP, would split votes with rivals in the LP and Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, in their strongholds, according to Momodu, who also predicted that wherever Obi places first in the polls, Atiku will place second.
“The Obidients are beginning to see the importance of structure. Structure is not something out of this world, it is a needed requirement. How many governors have you got, which is what Tinubu is banking on that ‘my governors will help me’. How many senators or senatorial candidates does Atiku have? How many people for House Representatives, how many for House of Assembly? They haven’t got much of that.
“You are also going to need agents nationwide, thousands of them. That will form part of structures,” Momodu said on Arise TV Morning Show on Monday.
He expressed his concern over the Obi camp’s ability to compete with the PDP, which has existed for a long time and has established infrastructure.
“If you say ‘we don’t pay ‘shi shi’, you can see how people are moving away in droves in some of these smaller parties because the structures are not there. The structures also include the funding of each of those structures.
“We shall see in the next one week what will happen. The polls will not help Obi. If they like, let one million say Obi is going to win,” Momodu added.