The Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate has been referred to as a doomsday prophet by the All Progressives Congress, or APC.
Felix Morka, the spokesperson for the ruling party, announced this in a statement on Thursday.
This comes as Peter Obi claimed during a news conference on Thursday that Nigeria’s security and economic problems had gotten worse during the last 18 months under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Former Anambra State Governor Obi challenged Tinubu to make quick excursions to Nigerian hospitals to observe how bad things have gotten.
In response, the APC disputed Obi, pointing out that the nation’s economy had improved in recent months.
Peter Obi’s assertions on the nation’s economy and security, according to the APC, are false and meant to make easy political points.
“While Nigerians celebrated the new year with hope for a more glorious 2025, Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, was seemingly stuck in a replay of his jangling, gloom-ridden wishlist for our country.
“Obi’s New Year message, in which he claimed that our dear country’s political, economic, and security situation is worsening daily, is misleading and appears intended to score cheap political points.
“This claim, at a time when all indicators show that our country is rebounding in significant measure across all sectors, casts Obi, squarely, as Nigeria’s leading doomsayer,” APC stated.
