How Tinubu used Obi to sabotage Atiku�s presidential ambition � Oyo LP gov candidate

Oyo State governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the just concluded general election, Tawfiq Akinwale, said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, financed his party�s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to thwart the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar�s ambition.

Akinwale said this in an interview with an Ibadan-based radio, Yes FM, on the programme titled �Gbagede Oro� on Wednesday.

In the seven minutes and 13 seconds interview, rendered in the Yoruba language, the Oyo LP governorship candidate said, �From the beginning, Pat Utomi was the one with the party�s ticket to contest presidency but Tinubu played a political card by telling Utomi to willingly give the party�s ticket to Obi immediately he left PDP so that he can cripple Atiku�s influence in the contest.�

�So Tinubu began financing Pat Utomi to sponsor Obi�s presidential campaign. But when it got to a stage, the campaign blossomed beyond expectation. He stopped.�

�Peter Obi was used to achieve Tinubu�s ambition unknowingly,� he added.�

Akinwale said he does not like Tinubu but appreciated his political excellence, and how he has sustained his political relevance since 1999.�

Referencing one of the instances of his political superiority, Akinwale retraced back to 2003 when the President-elect had a scuffle with some politicians who tackled his dominance in Lagos State but won and still maintained his hegemony.�

He however added that the Labour Party is yet to understand the dynamics of politics.�

While fielding questions on the Obidients, he said, �They have claimed not to be politicians but keyboard warlords. They confirmed they were at the party because of Peter Obi and will double cross whoever has a contrary opinion to their candidacy.�

�They are not Labour Party members; in fact, we begged them to register with the party but they didn’t. None of them even contested. They are only voting for whoever Obi tells them to vote for,� he stressed.

Recall that Oyo LP dumped Akinwale to adopt Makinde in the state election.

The state LP Chairman, Sadiq Atayese, said that the party opted for Makinde because he�s the candidate with character, competence, and capacity.