Daniel Bwala, President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on policy communication, said Peter Obi will not run for president or vice president of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
In an interview with The Clarity Zone Podcast, Bwala argued that Obi lacked the qualifications to serve as director-general of any coalition.
The presidential aide also stated that the former Anambra governor would eventually run in the next election on a different platform.
He claimed Obi lost control of the political machinery he established during the 2023 election, including his position in the National Assembly.
“After the election, he lost everybody he was leading. He had members in the House of Representatives. How many are there in the national assembly?” Bwala asked.
“The only governor he had… is the governor with him or with us? In fact, I have not seen one that identifies with him at the moment. All the elections he has gone across Nigeria supporting candidates… all of them failed.
“The army of Trojans that he has on social media, they attack people. They say you are two-faced, that you change party. That’s what they do every day.
“But when you say their master and hero has been changing party like a player in the Premier League changes clubs every season, they don’t like it.”
The presidential aide also accused Obi of hypocrisy over party loyalty, saying the former Anambra governor has switched political platforms repeatedly.
“He started with PDP, then went to APGA. In APGA, he came back to PDP. From PDP, he went to Labour,” he said.
“Right now, when you hear people talk about being between the devil and the deep blue sea, he is between ADC and Labour.
“He will not be the presidential candidate, he will not be the vice-presidential candidate. Peter Obi is going to run on a platform other than Labour and other than ADC.”
Bwala further said Obi will not secure even a quarter of the votes he recorded in the 2023 presidential election.
Obi, a former Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the previous general election, received 6,101,533 votes, placing third behind candidates from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
According to the presidential adviser, Obi’s political rise was fueled by a transitory opportunity rather than long-term grassroots strength.
Bwala also referred to Obi as “an actor” in Nigeria’s political landscape, claiming that his popularity was based on “make-believe” rather than political reality.
