Nigerian lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju has said that Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party did not just win six million votes in the last election.
Adeyanju claims Obi’s votes during the 2023 presidential election were garnered from the church.
Adeyanju’s remarks on X come after several members of the Obidient Movement (Peter Obi’s supporters) referred to his old posts on Obi’s performance as governor and a politician.
In the 2023 presidential election, Bola Tinubu won the contest with 8,794,726 votes against Atiku Abubakar, Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso who garnered 6,984,520; 6,101,533 and 1,496,687 respectively.
However, the lawyer noted that anyone who insists that the former Anambra governor has the capability of security for such number of votes should encourage him to repeat the same process in the 2027 polls.
He said, “Obi did not secure 6 million votes in 2023, the church did and if anyone is insisting he did, let him repeat it in 2027 without the help of the church or using religion to campaign. I can never respect any man that uses religion, tribe or ethnicity to campaign.
“Those reposting my old tweet that if Obi wins 2 states, I will respect him are clowns. Obi didn’t win 2 states, it was the church that did. If he’s desperate for my respect, let him secure 6m votes again without the help of the church or using religion to campaign in 2027.
“It’s very simple to prove me wrong. Just don’t move from church to church to campaign in 2027 and also don’t ask church to take back their country and secure 6 million votes let us see. It shouldn’t be hard not to use religion to campaign,” Adeyanju wrote on X.