In an interview with ARISE News on Monday, Momodu underscored that the only opposition figure who poses a serious threat to President Tinubu is Atiku Abubakar, whom he believes has the experience and extensive network necessary to mount a formidable challenge.
“My theory is very simple and straightforward. No southern candidate can take on Tinubu, except a Goodluck Jonanthan for example. But I doubt if he would want to stress himself as he is a man of contentment. The only man they fear, and that is why they are already demarketing him, is Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.”
“It is a game of numbers. It is also a game of your network. There is no one in Nigeria today as networked and experienced as Atiku Abubakar. For anybody to face a Tinubu, that person has to come from an opposite direction. By next year, Tinubu would have done about three years. I don’t see any magic or miracle he is going to perform between now and then,” Momodu stated.
“Opposition leaders are very determined this time to work together. The truth of the matter is that Atiku cannot go into it alone, Obi cannot go into it alone, Kwankwaso cannot go into it alone and likewise whosoever wants to run. So, naturally, they have to find a way to pay APC back in their own coin by at least trying to get all the chunk of all the parties to come together, including the APC.
”If our Governors are saying that oh, they don’t want to go into a coalition, then it means that surreptitiously, you are probably working for a Tinubu presidency.”