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Olisa Metuh, a lawyer and former National Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has said that the resignation of Peter Obi would cost the opposition party much goodwill.
The party’s former spokesperson said this in a Facebook post on Thursday, adding that the exit of the former Anambra governor will inevitably dim the chances of the opposition in 2023.
Peter Obi, a former presidential aspirant on the platform of the party, walked away yesterday following his supposed fears that he might not clinch the presidential ticket in the primary scheduled for Saturday.
The ex-governor, through his campaign director, Doyin Okupe, tendered his resignation at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja.
Reacting to the development, Metuh lamented the extent of damage the exit would cost the party as to its chances to wrest power with the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
He wrote: “A lot of people have opined that Peter Obi is just a Facebook fad and that he has buried his political future by leaving our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party. I have a short story to tell them…
