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The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on policy communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that Peter Obi will not emerge as either the presidential or vice-presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Bwala made the remarks during an interview on The Clarity Zone Podcast, where he argued that the former Anambra State governor lacks the capacity to function even as director-general of any coalition movement.
He also claimed that Obi would eventually contest the next general election on a different political platform altogether.
According to Bwala, Obi lost control of the political structure he built after the 2023 elections, including his influence in the National Assembly.
“After the election, he lost everyone he was leading. He had members in the House of Representatives—how many are left in the National Assembly?” Bwala asked.
He added that Obi no longer has the support of any serving governor and questioned the impact of candidates Obi publicly backed across the country, noting that they all lost their elections.
Bwala further criticised Obi’s supporters on social media, accusing them of attacking critics while ignoring what he described as Obi’s own history of frequent party defections.
He accused Obi of inconsistency and hypocrisy on party loyalty, pointing out that he has moved from the PDP to APGA, returned to the PDP, and later joined the Labour Party.
“Now he is caught between ADC and Labour,” Bwala said. “He will not be the presidential candidate, and he will not be the vice-presidential candidate. Peter Obi will contest on a platform other than Labour and ADC.”
The presidential aide also claimed that Obi would not secure up to a quarter of the votes he received in the 2023 presidential election.
Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the last general election, polled 6,101,533 votes and finished third behind the APC and PDP candidates.
Bwala argued that Obi’s previous popularity resulted from a temporary political opening rather than a strong grassroots structure, describing him as “an actor” whose appeal was based on perception rather than substance.
