The Director of Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has said the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, needs to expand his reach across Northern Nigeria to succeed.
Amadi said this on Tuesday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.
He was speaking on next year’s general elections, stating that Obi-Kwankwaso joint ticket will be very difficult for the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
“The strategic choice of Rabi’u Kwankwaso as running mate is a recognition that Obi’s most urgent need is to expand his electoral map across Northern Nigeria.
“This will be difficult with Atiku and all the issues we know surrounding him, but that is what politics is made of.
“For now, we are going to be stuck with optics driven more by political narratives and not really plugging into the depths of this resistance.
“This is the period we’re going to have a lot of messages that are contrived to drive political outcomes. We expect that when the campaign comes, we’re going to expect a huge moment of hate speeches,” he said.
