The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said that the 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has lost popularity.
The chapter said the earth-shaking news from Anambra State that he lost his polling unit to the APC is a confirmation.
Lagos APC Publicity Secretary Seye Oladejo said in a statement that "this is not merely a defeat," stressing that it is a public humiliation and the loudest confirmation that the so-called "Obidient movement" is nothing more than a political hologram- bright on social media, empty in real life.
He said: "Today, the people who know Peter Obi best- his neighbours, his own community, his supposed natural base- have delivered an unmistakable judgment:
"We reject you. We don't trust you. We have seen through you."
Oladejo said for years, Obi built his brand on self-righteous monologues, manufactured statistics, emotional manipulation, and a carefully cultivated aura of victimhood.
He said Obi weaponized ignorance and sentiment to mislead the youth, pretending to be Nigeria's political saviour while lacking the basic capacity to win at home."
Oladejo added: "Now the mask has fallen. A man who cannot win his polling unit has no business dreaming of winning a country.A man who is rejected on his street cannot claim nationwide acceptance. A man whose strongest base has crumbled cannot sell the lie of a national movement."
To the spokesman, this defeat marks the complete disintegration of the myth around Obi.
He added: "To compound the embarrassment, we sincerely hope Mr. Obi will not run to beg for foreign intervention to rescue him from this political free fall, as he has unashamedly attempted in recent times.
"Nigeria's democracy is not a toy for desperate politicians seeking sympathy abroad after being rejected at home.
"While President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is rebuilding institutions, fixing the economy, expanding infrastructure, attracting foreign investments, and restoring global confidence, Peter Obi is busy granting contradictory interviews, seeking international validation, and hiding behind hashtags that collapse at the ballot box.
"Reality has caught up with him. If Peter Obi cannot command trust in his polling unit, he should forget 2027. Nigerians will not hand over their destiny to a man whose own people have loudly withdrawn their confidence.
"The APC's victory in his unit is symbolic, conclusive, and prophetic.
It reflects the national mood: performance is triumphing over propaganda; structure is defeating chaos; delivery is destroying deception.
"Peter Obi should spare the nation further melodrama. Let him first repair the political damage at his doorstep before pretending he can repair Nigeria."